Product Designer, Design Systems; Governance Specialist

Position: Product Designer, Design Systems (Governance Specialist)
We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Digital Product Design (DPD) at Ford is committed to envisioning and creating simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling product experiences that our customers need and love. We work in close partnership with product and engineering to deliver best-in-class interactions experiences that meet the needs of people today, and in the future. Our team is comprised of a dynamic group of product designers, researchers, visual designers, industrial designers, modelers, and project  this position...

We’re looking for a thoughtful, detail-oriented Product Designer specializing in design system governance. You’ll help ensure our design system remains scalable, consistent, and trusted across Ford’s vehicle software and mobile apps. The Design Systems team creates shared components, tokens, patterns, and guidelines that support high-quality digital experiences. In this role, you’ll help teams understand and apply system standards, improve governance and production workflows, and ensure system changes are discoverable and adopted in product work.

You’ll partner with designers, product teams, engineering, and accessibility to align priorities and resolve issues across platforms. A portfolio submission, in addition to a resume, is required for consideration.

You'll have...A portfolio submission, in addition to a resume, is required for consideration. Bachelor's degree or equivalent3+ years of product design experience, including meaningful experience with a design system erstand Atomic Design principles, component architecture, and design tokens. Familiarity with how design systems map to front-end code and tools such as Figma or Storybook. Experience reviewing designs or systems for consistency, accessibility (WCAG), and quality.

Strong communication, documentation, and facilitation skills, including the ability to build consensus without direct authority. A systems-thinking mindset and ability to balance shared standards with product-team flexibility. Bonus:

Experience with governance or analytics tools, such as token management platforms, component usage tracking, or linting tools. You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. This position is open to salary grades 6-8. Salary grade 6 ranges…