Top Design Jobs in Edinburgh

Lead development and governance of a global design standards framework across hardware, electrical, automation, software and UI domains. Drive cross-functional alignment, create governance and decision processes, build design libraries and communities, and advise leadership on priorities to reduce complexity, improve scalability, manufacturability, serviceability, compliance and customer experience.

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.

The Creative Designer will design functional and visually appealing web product screens, work from brand guides, and maintain creative thinking while adapting across projects.

Lead design and delivery of HV/EHV substations (11kV–400kV) for transmission, distribution and renewables. Client liaison, produce primary substation design deliverables, coordinate multidiscipline teams, apply National Grid/DNO/IEC standards, prepare equipment specifications, manage H&S and CDM design duties, support bids and project delivery to budget, time and quality.

Support new product development by embedding quality into design, development, verification, validation, and launch. Lead quality planning, risk management (DFMEA/PFMEA), verification/validation strategies, design/process reviews, supplier readiness, root cause analysis, and ensure compliance with APQP/PPAP and internal QMS to drive continuous improvement.

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.

The EMEA Design Manager will oversee design delivery for data center projects, manage multidisciplinary teams, ensure compliance with standards, and report on project metrics.

The Principal Design Engineer will shape AI-powered product experiences, lead design discussions, collaborate with teams, and mentor designers while advancing the design system.

The Mobile UI/Design Engineer will enhance the Kraken app's UI with fluid, gesture-driven interactions in React Native, optimizing for performance and mentoring other engineers.

Join the UK Power team focusing on high voltage substation and cable systems design and delivery while supporting national energy infrastructure projects.

Develop RTL for digital blocks, perform lint/CDC analysis and DFT support, assist in writing functional tests and simple UVM components, collaborate on verification and coverage closure, support AMS co-simulation and mixed-signal integration, and work with physical design on synthesis and timing.

Lead coordination and technical assurance of multi-disciplinary design for complex utilities and renewables projects. Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory frameworks, manage design delivery to scope, programme and budget, develop integrated design programmes, mitigate risks at live asset interfaces, and collaborate with project, commercial and construction stakeholders.

Lead and scale a distributed Product Design and UX Research team, drive AI-augmented design workflows, architect agentic and Zero-UI experiences, evolve the global design system, partner cross-functionally to translate complex compliance and payroll data into intuitive user flows, and establish responsible AI and data privacy design principles.

Design high-impact motion graphics, animated ads, Lottie and Rive animations, and interactive motion projects for global brands. Collaborate with account teams across time zones, manage multiple projects on time and budget, support creative leads, explore motion innovations and AI-enhanced tools, and help evolve Superside's motion capabilities.

Lead design for the Seven Bridges Platform: own user journeys, build and maintain a design system (tokens, components), review prototypes, manage and grow designers, design AI-assisted experiences, collaborate with front-end engineers, use product analytics to prioritize experience debt, and represent design in leadership strategy.

Support development and continuous improvement of data products for electricity transmission network planning and operations. Define roadmaps, manage backlogs, gather requirements, validate data quality and lineage, collaborate with stakeholders and delivery teams, enable analytics and governance, and measure product performance and adoption.

Lead and grow a regional lab transformation consultancy team to design and optimise diagnostic solutions. Define methodologies, manage project portfolio and resources, liaise with senior stakeholders, drive change management, mitigate risk, and deliver executive dashboards and commercial proposals to meet strategic objectives.

Design and implement user-facing features by combining high-quality visual design and frontend engineering. Improve and expand the design system, build flexible components, collaborate with Product Engineers, ship to users quickly, iterate from feedback, and support customer-facing issues. Work spans wireframing, UI implementation, and end-to-end technical delivery.

Design and implement polished UI/UX at scale, improve and extend the design system, collaborate with product engineers, ship end-to-end features, iterate with user feedback, and consult on bespoke design work while balancing visual design and engineering responsibilities.

Hands-on director-level product designer for enterprise SaaS who owns the design system, user psychology, dashboards, data visualizations, and habit-forming product mechanics. Designs workflows to drive adoption, retention, referrals, and expansion while partnering with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success. Prototypes, tests, and refines UX based on analytics and A/B experiments to align design with revenue metrics.

Lead earthing design studies and measurements for substations (up to 400 kV) including EMF calculations, EMI studies and lightning protection. Manage multiple projects, produce proposals, liaise with substation design teams, mitigate risks, and mentor junior engineers. Travel across the UK and overseas for site visits.

Design and deliver cable system engineering across life cycle stages including concept, detailed design, installation support and maintenance. Produce specifications and contractual documents, review and approve designs, solve technical issues, manage budgets/timetables, ensure CDM/HSE compliance, lead technical teams and innovate deliverables.

As a Designer, create engaging designs, contribute innovative ideas, deliver high-quality work, and develop rich visual content in a collaborative environment.

The Senior Designer will oversee projects, mentor junior designers, create digital communications, and ensure high-quality design output for major clients.