Principal Industrial Designer

Edwards Lifesciences • Alton, IL

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About The Position

Innovation starts from the heart. At Edwards, we put patients first. We invest a significant proportion of our revenue towards research and development to drive and develop groundbreaking medical innovations for structural heart disease. As part of our R&D Engineering team, you will work closely with our Quality and Manufacturing teams to develop the latest tools and technologies to address significant, unmet clinical needs that impact patients’ lives around the world. Our Advanced Innovation & Technology (AI&T) teams harness the imagination, courage, and resourcefulness to think beyond what’s currently possible, and create solutions for patients many years into the future. If you’re an early-stage innovator, then Edwards AI&T team is the place for you to take the next steps in your career. We’ll give you the tools and resources you need to create groundbreaking innovations that shape the future of structural heart technology. How you’ll make an impact: This is a unique opportunity to foster and support Industrial Design activities with new product development teams across projects and business units. This is a high visibility and high impact career opportunity. Provide technical expertise in the creation and execution of innovative designs, prototype new concepts, and support consistent and intuitive product experiences in partnership with Human Factors Engineering, Marketing, and various cross-functional business partners. Execute UI design guidelines to ensure consistent design and interaction elements across platforms and projects. Provide creative Industrial Design recommendations that align with and support design control activities for devices. Utilize user experience techniques to make intuitive interfaces that minimize user training and learning curves for medical devices. Lead in the improvement, design and optimization of medical devices, provide recommendations with increased complexity, and develop reports, based on user experience design principles that translate to innovative products. Support Industrial Design activities by partnering with external design partners and various stakeholders throughout the organization as needed. Identify, evaluate, manage, and provide guidance to stakeholders to implement consistent Industrial Design frameworks across a variety of devices. Proactively identify issues, achieve resolution, and resolve problems within the Industrial Design space. Create/update Industrial Design-related design control documents including requirement specs and risk documents with robust knowledge on design control requirements. Develop project plans to assess user experience and drive project results.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design or related field, 8 years of previous related experience required
• Experience in designing devices and user interfaces in challenging situations required
• Experience in developing low-, medium-, and high-fidelity prototypes required
• Experience in creating CAD models required
• Experience across all phases of product development from ideation, user research, feasibility, prototyping, design iteration, and high-fidelity models required

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience in consistently executing design language and libraries across various product platforms
• Demonstrated experience in designing products that minimize risk of use errors, require minimal training, and are intuitive
• Proven experience with CAD software (SolidWorks, Creo, etc)
• Demonstrated ability to work with teams to complete critical milestones under pressure with short deadlines
• Proven successful project management skills
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and other related tools and/or systems required
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills
• Extensive knowledge of own area within the organization while contributing to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards
• Extensive understanding of Industrial Design
• Extensive understanding of user experience concepts
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Leadership and talent development skills
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in the creation and execution of innovative designs, prototype new concepts, and support consistent and intuitive product experiences in partnership with Human Factors Engineering, Marketing, and various cross-functional business partners.
• Execute UI design guidelines to ensure consistent design and interaction elements across platforms and projects.
• Provide creative Industrial Design recommendations that align with and support design control activities for devices.
• Utilize user experience techniques to make intuitive interfaces that minimize user training and learning curves for medical devices.
• Lead in the improvement, design and optimization of medical devices, provide recommendations with increased complexity, and develop reports, based on user experience design principles that translate to innovative products.
• Support Industrial Design activities by partnering with external design partners and various stakeholders throughout the organization as needed.
• Identify, evaluate, manage, and provide guidance to stakeholders to implement consistent Industrial Design frameworks across a variety of devices.
• Proactively identify issues, achieve resolution, and resolve problems within the Industrial Design space.
• Create/update Industrial Design-related design control documents including requirement specs and risk documents with robust knowledge on design control requirements.
• Develop project plans to assess user experience and drive project results.

Benefits

• Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees