Mid Level Lead Design Engineer Jobs
Mid level lead design engineer jobs go to engineers ready to own projects end to end, mentor junior team members, and drive design decisions with limited oversight. Openings across on-site, remote, and hybrid settings are concentrated in Consulting & Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Technology & Software, with employers like HDR, Amazon, and Westwood Professional Services hiring at this level now.
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INTRODUCTION
Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Design meaningful experiences that help healthcare teams work more effectively in athenahealth’s EHR and practice management products. In this role, you will partner with product and engineering to solve complex clinical and operational problems through thoughtful UX strategy, research, and design execution. You will balance strong design craft with practical decision-making to move work forward in a large, regulated product environment. This role reports to the UI & UX Design Manager.
About the Team:
The team designs experiences that support healthcare organizations across core clinical and operational workflows. We partner closely with product, engineering, clinical, and research stakeholders to improve usability, consistency, and value delivery across the product suite. The team uses user research, design systems, prototyping tools, and collaborative planning processes to shape and validate solutions. We work across a complex product landscape and focus on creating clear, usable experiences that support day-to-day healthcare work.
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead discovery and framing of user-centered problems across complex product areas.
- Facilitate visioning sessions and translate ideas into sketches, flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
- Conduct and synthesize user research, heuristic reviews, and client feedback to inform design decisions.
- Partner with product and engineering throughout agile planning, development, and release cycles to ensure design intent is carried through implementation.
- Develop interaction models and workflows that simplify complex user, system, and data relationships.
- Present design concepts, recommendations, and tradeoffs to product, clinical, and engineering stakeholders.
- Mentor junior designers through design reviews, feedback, and day-to-day collaboration.
- Support team-level design practices and process improvements that strengthen consistency and quality.
- Use AI tools to accelerate design exploration, prototyping, and refinement while applying judgment to select, adapt, and validate outputs before sharing with partners.
- Travel required 20% annually.
ADDITIONAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contribute to design system adoption and consistency across product experiences.
- Support cross-functional planning by helping clarify scope, risks, and design dependencies.
- Collaborate on documentation that communicates design rationale and implementation guidance.
- Participate in team critiques and shared learning to strengthen design quality.
- Help identify opportunities to improve workflows, tools, and team practices.
- Support onboarding and knowledge sharing for new team members.
- Adapt to changing priorities and contribute to adjacent work as needed.
EXPECTED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional experience in digital product design.
- Experience creating strong design deliverables, including visual design, interaction design, prototyping, copywriting, and design specifications.
- Experience planning, facilitating, analyzing, and presenting user research using qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Experience working in an agile software development environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Experience using AI tools as part of a design workflow is preferred.
- Experience designing for complex enterprise, healthcare, or workflow-heavy products is preferred.
- Ability to work through ambiguity, evaluate tradeoffs, and make timely decisions that keep work moving forward.
EXPECTED COMPENSATION
$130,000 - $222,000The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates. Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.
ABOUT athenahealth
Our vision: In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Our company culture: Our talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision. We are a diverse group of dreamers and doers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives. We unite as mission-driven problem-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count. Our award-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.
Our DEI commitment: Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.
WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU:
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.
We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
Learn more about our culture and benefits here: athenahealth.com/careers
https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity
INTRODUCTION
Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Design meaningful experiences that help healthcare teams work more effectively in athenahealth’s EHR and practice management products. In this role, you will partner with product and engineering to solve complex clinical and operational problems through thoughtful UX strategy, research, and design execution. You will balance strong design craft with practical decision-making to move work forward in a large, regulated product environment. This role reports to the UI & UX Design Manager.
About the Team:
The team designs experiences that support healthcare organizations across core clinical and operational workflows. We partner closely with product, engineering, clinical, and research stakeholders to improve usability, consistency, and value delivery across the product suite. The team uses user research, design systems, prototyping tools, and collaborative planning processes to shape and validate solutions. We work across a complex product landscape and focus on creating clear, usable experiences that support day-to-day healthcare work.
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead discovery and framing of user-centered problems across complex product areas.
- Facilitate visioning sessions and translate ideas into sketches, flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
- Conduct and synthesize user research, heuristic reviews, and client feedback to inform design decisions.
- Partner with product and engineering throughout agile planning, development, and release cycles to ensure design intent is carried through implementation.
- Develop interaction models and workflows that simplify complex user, system, and data relationships.
- Present design concepts, recommendations, and tradeoffs to product, clinical, and engineering stakeholders.
- Mentor junior designers through design reviews, feedback, and day-to-day collaboration.
- Support team-level design practices and process improvements that strengthen consistency and quality.
- Use AI tools to accelerate design exploration, prototyping, and refinement while applying judgment to select, adapt, and validate outputs before sharing with partners.
- Travel required 20% annually.
ADDITIONAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contribute to design system adoption and consistency across product experiences.
- Support cross-functional planning by helping clarify scope, risks, and design dependencies.
- Collaborate on documentation that communicates design rationale and implementation guidance.
- Participate in team critiques and shared learning to strengthen design quality.
- Help identify opportunities to improve workflows, tools, and team practices.
- Support onboarding and knowledge sharing for new team members.
- Adapt to changing priorities and contribute to adjacent work as needed.
EXPECTED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional experience in digital product design.
- Experience creating strong design deliverables, including visual design, interaction design, prototyping, copywriting, and design specifications.
- Experience planning, facilitating, analyzing, and presenting user research using qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Experience working in an agile software development environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Experience using AI tools as part of a design workflow is preferred.
- Experience designing for complex enterprise, healthcare, or workflow-heavy products is preferred.
- Ability to work through ambiguity, evaluate tradeoffs, and make timely decisions that keep work moving forward.
EXPECTED COMPENSATION
$130,000 - $222,000The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates. Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.
ABOUT athenahealth
Our vision: In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Our company culture: Our talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision. We are a diverse group of dreamers and doers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives. We unite as mission-driven problem-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count. Our award-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.
Our DEI commitment: Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.
WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU:
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.
We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
Learn more about our culture and benefits here: athenahealth.com/careers
https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity
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Mid Level Lead Design Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mid level lead design engineer job?
Position yourself as someone who has owned design work from concept through delivery, not just contributed to it. Highlight projects where you made key decisions, resolved technical tradeoffs, and coordinated across functions. Applications that show measurable outcomes, such as improved cycle times, reduced rework, or cost savings, stand out at this level. A portfolio or project summary document that demonstrates end-to-end ownership is worth building before you apply.
Which companies hire mid level lead design engineers?
Companies hiring mid level lead design engineers right now include HDR, Amazon, and Westwood Professional Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level comes from a mix of established manufacturers, engineering consultancies, and growth-stage product companies that need engineers who can run projects with limited supervision.
Are there remote mid level lead design engineer jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by industry and discipline. About 9% of mid level lead design engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with hybrid arrangements more common in roles that involve physical prototyping or lab work. Fully remote positions tend to appear more often in software-integrated design and systems engineering work where collaboration can happen entirely in digital tools.
How do I move up to a mid level lead design engineer role?
Moving from early-career to mid level requires building a record of progressively larger ownership. Start by seeking out assignments where you are responsible for a full design deliverable, not just a component. Develop depth in at least one technical specialty, whether that is materials, tolerancing, simulation, or a specific product category. Demonstrating that you can coordinate with cross-functional teams and present design rationale to stakeholders signals readiness for the mid level step.
Which industries hire the most mid level lead design engineers?
Mid Level lead design engineer roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Technology & Software, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive hiring because they depend on engineers who can manage the full design lifecycle, from requirements through validation, without requiring constant senior oversight on every decision.