Senior Software Design Engineer

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates.

We’re assembling a diverse, world‑class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless.

We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human‑centric mindset.

By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work.

Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work.

The IQ Design team is dedicated to creating simple, delightful, and transformative user experiences. We're seeking a Senior Software Design Engineer who bridges the gap between design vision and technical reality, bringing ideas to life through functional prototypes and polished production code. You'll work across teams and disciplines, collaborating with designers and engineers throughout HP IQ to explore new possibilities and ship experiences that feel like natural extensions of the human experience.

As a Senior Software Design Engineer, you'll alternate between rapid experimentation and careful implementation. One day you might be prototyping a new interaction pattern for a hardware device; the next, you might be refining the animations make our software feel alive. Success in this role requires both technical excellence and design sensibility. You should be equally comfortable debating typography choices and optimizing render performance.

We're looking for someone who gets excited about the craft of building software, who sees code as a design material, and who believes the best way to evaluate an idea is to build it. You'll have the freedom to explore your own concepts while also serving as a technical partner to designers bringing their visions to life.

• Build functional prototypes that explore new interaction paradigms across hardware and software
• Translate design concepts into high‑fidelity, interactive experiences using modern technologies
• Contribute production‑ready code that emphasizes craft, performance, and delight
• Partner with designers to rapidly iterate on concepts, building multiple variations to find what feels "just right"
• Experiment with AI technologies and find innovative ways to integrate them into user experiences
• Collaborate across teams to ensure design intent carries through to shipped products
• Explore emerging technologies and find unexpected applications for real‑world problems
• Mentor other engineers on design thinking and help designers level up their technical skills
• Shape technical standards and best practices for interface development

• 6+ years building digital products, with a portfolio demonstrating both technical excellence and design craft
• Fluency in contemporary development frameworks and languages, with the ability to choose the right tool for each prototype or product need
• Comfortable working in Figma and other design tools to understand intent and collaborate on solutions
• Has shipped production applications or experiences at scale and refined them based on real user behavior and feedback
• Experience with creative coding and building interactive prototypes that push beyond conventional interfaces
• Proven track record of technical leadership and collaborating effectively with designers and cross‑functional teams
• Curiosity and resourcefulness when learning new technologies
• Deep appreciation for the nuances that make interfaces feel good to use

• Experience with native development (Swift
  
  UI, React Native, Compose) or game engines for prototyping
• Familiarity with AI technologies (LLMs, embeddings, vector databases) and their practical applications
• Background in creative tools like Processing, p5.js, Three.js, or experience with motion graphics, animation…