Top Design Jobs in Edinburgh

Own Recraft’s brand voice across launches, social media, video scripts, SEO content, UX copy, naming, and product storytelling. The role partners closely with design, product, and AI research teams, requiring strong written English, design fluency, hands-on AI tool experience, and a distinctive editorial voice. Candidates should provide writing samples and be comfortable creating everything from long-form articles to concise interface copy.

Manage civil project design delivery from contract award through completion. Coordinate designers, monitor progress, secure approvals, review buildability and compliance, resolve technical issues, support risk management and value engineering, implement BIM, assist with CDM obligations, and manage design handover during project completion.

Moderates centre-marked learner work for the Level 1/2 Technical Award in Creative Design and Production. Reviews assessment decisions, applies quality assurance and regulatory standards, produces moderation reports, manages sampling activity, attends training and standardisation meetings, and provides constructive feedback to support consistency and continuous improvement.

Designs and develops manufacturing-ready BMS and EPMS control panels for mission-critical projects. Responsibilities include creating schematics, wiring diagrams, I/O allocations, communication architectures, bills of materials, and vendor integrations. Performs constructability and technical reviews, validates installation feasibility, manages revisions, supports commissioning readiness, and coordinates with project teams, manufacturers, and vendors. The role also identifies design risks, improves panel architecture and component selection, and supports quality management and continuous improvement.

Leads electrical design for hyperscale and mission-critical data centers across Europe. Responsibilities include managing HV/MV/LV systems, substations, utilities, consultants, permitting, project delivery, construction support, commissioning, and integrated systems testing. The role provides client-side technical leadership, reviews designs and project documents, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages risks and milestones, and ensures compliance with standards and operational requirements.

Designs and verifies complex mixed-signal, multilayer PCB layouts from schematics. Manages external PCB manufacturing and assembly, including quotes and purchasing. Coordinates layout reviews, supports component library development, and verifies technical drawings for test equipment compatibility. Tracks project schedules, escalates technical issues, and manages supplier quality concerns, corrective actions, and KPIs while collaborating with international cross-functional teams and vendors.

Provides technical leadership for advanced-node semiconductor implementation programs from synthesis and netlists through physical design, signoff, and tapeout. Develops PPA optimization methodologies, investigates silicon and convergence issues, collaborates with R&D and customers, influences EDA tool development, and establishes reusable implementation practices. Mentors engineers, supports strategic customer engagements and presales activities, and drives innovation across timing, power, signal integrity, verification, SoC integration, and advanced packaging.

Own the function’s AI transformation strategy, prioritize high-impact opportunities, map workflows, and drive measurable adoption. Build and manage AI agents using no-code and low-code tools, configure skills and MCP connections, evaluate agent performance, and iterate solutions. Lead change management, champion networks, cross-functional collaboration, intake processes, and alignment with Enterprise AI and executive stakeholders.

Create and manage branded graphics, videos, photography, copy, presentations, social media, website content, and digital campaign assets. Maintain brand consistency across marketing materials, analyze social performance, support website optimization, coordinate photo and video shoots, manage external suppliers, and assist with events and wider marketing operations.

Design and build polished user interfaces across the web app and marketing site. Own UX and visual decisions from concept through production code, develop the design system and component library, improve accessibility and responsiveness, prototype ideas, and promote stronger design practices across the engineering team.

Design structural repair solutions for buildings damaged by fire, flooding, and subsidence. Responsibilities include designing and specifying sub-structure schemes, producing CAD drawings, obtaining permissions, supporting sustainable and net-zero repair approaches, monitoring site work, engaging senior stakeholders, and training colleagues. The role primarily supports listed and historic buildings and requires strong communication, organization, technical judgment, and customer service skills.

The Senior Proposal Engineer leads the bidding process for complex projects, manages proposal preparation, evaluates bids, and coordinates handover after contract award.

Lead mechanical design for consumer electromechanical products from concept through production. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, prototyping, testing, thermal/fluid/structural analysis, cross-functional collaboration, DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and manufacturing ramp support in Asia. The role requires designing plastic, metal, and soft goods components integrated with sensors and actuators, supporting high-volume manufacturing, and traveling to China as needed.

Leads product design for Monzo’s Payments business area, setting design strategy and vision, partnering with Product and Engineering leadership, shaping roadmaps, and driving high-quality execution. Builds and develops a high-performing design team, coaches designers, raises design quality, strengthens collaboration and craft, and expands design’s influence across the organisation and customer experience.

Lead the end-to-end product experience across acquisition, onboarding, avatar selection, chat, media generation, and retention. Drive conversion, retention, and LTV through hypotheses, prioritization, A/B testing, and data-informed design. Establish the product’s design direction and design system, lead a multidisciplinary design team, and partner with product, analytics, marketing, engineering, research, and support.

Lead and execute digital verification for mixed-signal ICs: define verification plans, create reusable testbenches, drive metric-driven verification, mentor teams, and improve verification methodology.

Lead and execute digital verification for mixed-signal ICs: define verification plans, create reusable testbenches, drive metric-driven verification, coach teams, participate in methodology groups, and support hands-on RTL and gate-level debug.

Lead transistor-level design and verification of low-power, high-performance mixed-signal ICs (ADCs/DACs, LDOs, PLLs, op-amps, AFEs). Perform modeling, layout oversight, post-layout simulation, lab bring-up, silicon debug, validation, and production test support.

Lead and grow the centralized IP Integration Digital team; define strategy and requirements; oversee transistor-level design, characterization, Verilog modeling, Cadence-based simulation and layout; collaborate with product, foundry, and quality teams to deliver qualified digital and I/O IP on schedule.

Lead architectural direction for strategic projects and digital transformation programmes. Define end-to-end architectures spanning applications, infrastructure, networks, data, APIs, integrations, and cloud services. Establish architecture governance, ensure standards and security compliance, support delivery workstreams, and maintain operational readiness, resilience, monitoring, supportability, and transition to business-as-usual operations. Facilitate cross-functional decisions, communicate complex technical concepts, and ensure designs meet business requirements within budget and timelines.

Lead tem’s brand and creative direction through visual identity, campaign storytelling, digital experiences, and cross-functional work with Product and Growth. Build an AI-first creative practice, own the internal creative AI tool, establish studio systems and performance metrics, maintain high creative standards, and coach the team while remaining hands-on. The role requires fast, high-quality execution across channels, budgets, launches, and campaigns in a startup or scale-up environment.

Design and deliver low-power, high-performance mixed-signal ICs from specification through production. Perform system-level modeling, transistor-level circuit design, layout integration, post-layout simulation, silicon bring-up, validation, and production testing while collaborating cross-functionally.

The Design Coordinator will manage design schedules, ensure alignment with project timelines, and facilitate communication between project and design teams, addressing client requests and health/safety regulations effectively.

Lead and manage the Design Department, overseeing personnel, resource planning, workflow, quality assurance, customer support, and technical development. Monitor metrics, optimize processes, mentor designers and managers, coordinate cross-functionally, oversee design software and documentation, and perform design work as needed to meet production schedules and customer commitments.

Build production-quality, pixel-accurate UI components and interactions in React Native; prototype in Figma with designers; own the design system and component library; improve performance, animations, and cross-platform UI architecture; define design-to-dev tooling and collaborate across design and engineering.