Senior Systems Design Engineer

A Senior Design System Engineer leads the creation, architecture, and maintenance of scalable, consistent design systems, ensuring alignment between design, development, and product strategy.

This position is responsible for designing, building, and governing a company’s shared design system - including UI components, design tokens, documentation, and guidelines - to enable consistent, efficient, and maintainable product development across platforms

Since 1976, SMS has specialized in modernizing legacy IT and sustaining complex enterprise environments for federal agencies. With the goal of building long-term partnerships with our customers, we invest in our employees by providing the training, tools, and support they need to keep critical missions operational, improve performance, and reduce risk. SMS is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with offices and on-site operations at customer locations throughout the United States. For additional information on SMS, visit www.sms.com.

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Job Responsibilities

• Design System Architecture: Define and maintain the structure, scalability, and extensibility of the design system, including component libraries, style guides, and design tokens
• Requirements & Planning: Write and manage requirements for new features, UI updates, and legacy system enhancements; align with product managers, designers, and developers
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams (design, engineering, product) to ensure seamless integration of design system elements into applications
• Development & Testing: Develop, test, release, and support software updates for design system components; resolve bugs and implement solutions
• Documentation: Maintain up-to-date documentation, high- and low-level design documents (HLD/LLD), and usage guidelines for internal and external teams
• Support & Problem Solving: Provide technical support to installers, end users, and internal teams; diagnose and resolve complex issues
• Strategic Initiatives: Develop and execute strategic initiatives for design system adoption, scalability, and performance improvements

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

• Experience: Proven expertise in design system creation; experience with both physical and virtualized environments and modern UI frameworks

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Skills:

• Proficiency in high-level programming languages and UI design tools

• Knowledge of memory access protocols, semiconductor physics, and computer architecture (advantage)

• Experience with debugging techniques

• Certifications:
• CompTIA Security+CE
• ITIL Foundation
• RHCE/RHCSA - Preferred

SMS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.