Principal Product Designer, Design Systems

Design, document, and evolve core components and patterns of the design system. Drive adoption and migration work with engineering partners. Contribute skills, standards, context files and Evals to Vibe Kit; Expand its adoption beyond design into PM and engineering. Shape Vibe Studio workflows: prototype, test, and refine how designers go from intent to working product. Partner with AI UX engineering efforts to make the system machine-readable, not just human-readable. Set and uphold the quality bar: audit usage, critique output, and close the gap between spec and shipped. Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service design OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 12+ years experience working in product or service design OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems). Hands-on design systems experience: components, tokens, and documentation. Demonstrated experience partnering closely with engineering teams. Solid AI acumen and lived experience in creating AI tooling and tools for designing with AI. Experience with Fluent or other large enterprise design systems. Experience with React or AI-assisted coding tools. Background in advertising, B2B, or data-dense tooling. Experience building internal tools or developer/designer experience products. Demonstrated interest in AI as a design material, not just a feature. Portfolio demonstrating systems-level design work (components, patterns, or tooling). Solid written communication: standards and documentation are first-class deliverables on this team. Ability to prototype in code or with AI-assisted tools.