Job Overview
We are looking for a Design System Manager / Designer who will act as the product owner of the company’s Design System (DS) while remaining a hands-on individual contributor. This role is responsible for defining, building, evolving, and scaling the design system across the organization to ensure consistency, efficiency, and high-quality user experiences.
The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with strong visual and craft skills, and will lead the planning and implementation of the design system across products, working closely with designers, developers, and product teams.
Key Responsibilities
Design System Ownership
Act as the product owner of the company-wide Design System.
Define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the design system.
Ensure the design system supports current and future product needs.
Maintain governance and standards for design consistency across the organization.
Design System Implementation
Plan and drive company-wide design system implementation.
Work closely with product teams, designers, and engineers to ensure adoption.
Define release cycles, versioning, and rollout plans for design system updates.
Provide guidance and support to teams integrating the design system into their products.
Hands-On Design & Component Creation
Design and maintain UI components, patterns, and visual guidelines.
Create and maintain component libraries, documentation, and usage guidelines.
Ensure accessibility, usability, and scalability of design components.
Collaborate with engineering teams to align design tokens, components, and implementation standards.
Visual Design & Creative Production
Contribute high-quality visual assets across the design system including:
Visual design
Illustrations
Icons and infographics
Motion graphics
Brand assets
Video content
Ensure visual consistency across products and communication channels.
Collaboration & Design Governance
Partner with product managers, designers, developers, and brand teams.
Establish design system best practices and governance models.
Run workshops or training sessions to improve design system adoption and usage.
Advocate for design consistency and quality across the organization.
Required Qualifications
8+ years of experience in product design, UI design, or design systems.
Proven experience building or managing a design system at scale.
Strong expertise in visual design and UI component design.
Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams on component implementation.
Proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar tools.
Experience creating design documentation and component libraries.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with design tokens and component-based design systems.
Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, React or similar).
Experience scaling design systems across multiple products or platforms.
Background in brand design or creative production.
Core Skills
Design System Strategy & Governance
UI Component Design
Visual Design & Branding
Illustration & Iconography
Motion Graphics & Animation
Infographics & Visual Storytelling
Video Creation
Cross-team Collaboration
Design System Documentation & Adoption
We Offer
Freedom with responsibility is the framework for HBK’s employees. This allows for a good balance between work and family life and for constant development of professional and personal skills in an international and enjoyable working environment.
One company – HBK
On 1 January 2019, Brüel & Kjær and HBM merged their activities into a new company called HBK (Hottinger Brüel & Kjær). With more than 3,500 employees worldwide and production facilities in Denmark, Germany, the UK, the USA, China and Portugal and presence in 80 countries, HBK is a leading player in the test and measurement area. For further info please visit www.hbkworld.com.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is portrayed as generous, including PTO and paid holidays, with mentions of four weeks of vacation for new U.S. hires.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is present, including medical and dental plans, with HSA options noted in some U.S. contexts.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is highlighted positively, with maternity and paternity leave called out as a strength in multiple public materials.
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What We Do
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær was founded in 2019, when HBM and Brüel & Kjær merged their activities into a new company. Both companies are market leaders in their respective disciplines – Brüel & Kjær in sound and vibration and HBM in reliability, durability, propulsion efficiency and weighing. Together, they cover the complete product physics domain. In technical terms, Brüel & Kjær is the frequency domain expert and HBM the time domain expert. HBK helps its customers reduce time-to-market by simultaneously performing tests, retrieving and analyzing data, aiding decision-making
