Principal UX Designer

AtriCure • Mason, OH

21h

About The Position

The Principal UX Designer serves as the strategic partner for Technology Solutions, driving the vision for intuitive, engaging and visually compelling user experiences. This role functions as a high-impact individual contributor, orchestrating cross-functional alignment between design, business, and engineering. By leveraging deep craft expertise, the Principal Designer translates complex business goals and technical constraints into a cohesive product roadmap, ensuring design excellence across the entire digital ecosystem.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or demonstrated equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• 7+ years of experience in UX/UI design
• Strong portfolio demonstrating user‑centered design thinking, visual design excellence, and complex problem‑solving.
• Proficiency with modern design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite).
• Experience working in agile or cross‑functional product development environments.
• Strong understanding of UX research methods and usability principles.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on design execution.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and responsive design best practices.
• Experience working in Agile environment with multiple teams and dependencies in an enterprise organization
• Experience with DevOps and Continuous Delivery frameworks, Microsoft Azure and DevOps specifically
• Knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Must be highly service oriented, tactful in approach when dealing with users and results oriented
• Written/Report Writing skills
• Ability to regularly walk, sit, or stand as needed
• Ability to occasionally bend and push/pull as needed
• Ability to regularly lift up to 10 pounds
• Ability to pass pre-employment drug screen and background check

Nice To Haves

• Experience building or scaling a design system.
• Background in service design, content design, or design operations.
• Knowledge of front‑end technologies (HTML/CSS/JS) to collaborate effectively with engineering teams.
• Experience in Drupal, SaaS, mobile apps, or enterprise software environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the end‑to‑end design process, from discovery and research through wireframes, prototypes, and final visual design.
• Partner closely with Product Owners from Marketing, Professional Education, Sales, and other internal business units to define design strategy with product roadmaps and business objectives.
• Establish and maintain design systems, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency and scalability across products.
• Champion user‑centered design, ensuring decisions are grounded in research, data, and usability principles.
• Conduct and oversee user research, usability testing, and competitive analysis to inform design decisions.
• Communicate design rationale clearly to stakeholders through presentations, documentation, and storytelling.
• Advocate for accessibility, ensuring products meet inclusive design standards.
• Manage workload and priorities, allocating resources effectively across multiple projects.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging tools, and best practices to continuously elevate the team’s craft.
• Actively participate and partners with external vendors to secure effective and efficient vendor contracts and delivery models, manage SLA’s, and review of contractual metrics and deliverables.
• Regular and predictable work performance
• Ability to work under fast-paced conditions
• Ability to make decisions and use good judgement
• Ability to prioritize various duties and multitask as required
• Ability to successfully work with others
• Additional duties as assigned

Benefits

• Medical & Dental beginning day 1 of employment
• 401K plus match
• 20 days of paid Parental Leave, in addition to maternity leave, for new moms and dads
• Volunteer Time off
• Pet Insurance
• full access to our on-site fitness center and cafeteria

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal