Design engineer job description

A design engineer job description should read like a software role. If the requirements are SolidWorks, GD&T, or a cleanroom, it is a different profession. This is an outline for a template teams can post, plus the UX engineer variant people also search for.

Outline

Template: software design engineer

• One paragraph on the product and the surface this person owns.
• Outcomes: shipped UI, a prototype practice, a design system contribution.
• Stack, named plainly: React, TypeScript, CSS, Figma, prototyping tools. Add SwiftUI or Framer only if the team uses them.
• Collaboration: design partners, frontend, and how decisions get made.
• Level signals: scope, ambiguity, whether they set the system or implement it.
• Pay: publish the base range. Listings with a range are the ones that can carry salary markup, and they are what the salary page can cite.

UX engineer job description

• Same bones, with the UX engineer emphasis: prototyping fidelity, design-system APIs, and accessibility.
• What to ask for: a portfolio with working prototypes, not only mockups.
• What to leave out: visual-only case studies as the whole bar, and generic “frontend engineer” leveling with no design judgment.
• Link the live UX engineer jobs and UX engineer salary pages so the template sits next to real reqs.

UI engineer and UI developer

• Note that “UI developer jobs” is the same cluster as UI engineer jobs for this board.
• Emphasize implementation quality: responsive layout, states, motion, and the component API.

Design technologist and design systems engineer

• Design technologist: prototypes and the bridge into engineering. See design technologist jobs.
• Design systems engineer: tokens, documentation, multi-brand or multi-platform components. See design systems engineer jobs. “Design system jobs” belongs here, not on a separate mechanical page.

Lines that attract the wrong applicants

• “Design engineer” with no software qualifier.
• Tool lists that are CAD, PCB, or FPGA.
• “Framer” with no mention of the product, which collides with carpentry searches. Say Framer the design tool.

Before you post

• Use Post a job. A standard listing is 30 days.
• Match the public description to the apply page. The hosted text is what gets marked up, and it has to be the real job.