Senior Interaction Designer
About The Position
Primary Function of Position: Interaction Design is a key role at Intuitive Surgical, with responsibilities that cut across multiple technical disciplines. We bring a human-centered design process to healthcare innovation and the development of physical and digital interfaces that are safe, effective, and delight our users. As an Interaction Designer on the da Vinci team, you will lead the definition and design of various elements of the platform, often extending across multiple touchpoints. You will work collaboratively with other designers, Human Factors engineers, clinical experts, and engineering teams to help develop new digitally-enabled solutions, including robotic control systems, medical image processing, data visualization, and other digital applications. You will be involved in various stages of the product development process from early concepts to final design and implementation. The da Vinci platform has many exciting opportunities ahead, and we are excited to welcome you as a team member as we build the future of minimally invasive care. This is a full-time on-site position in our Sunnyvale, CA Office.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in product design (in-house, agency, or freelance)
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, User Experience, Industrial Design or equivalent
- Proven record of bringing products to market that contain complex user interactions
- Expereince with designing for physical and digital products
- Craftmanship is part of the job
- Proficient in the use of current design tools and software applications, with strong prototyping experience
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Nice To Haves
- Ideally, some experience working in the medical industry and/or healthcare
Responsibilities
- Design world class physical and digital interactions
- Uphold superior standards and methods throughout the product development life cycle
- Collaborate with Human Factors, Clinical, and Engineering teams throughout the product development process to ensure your designs are safe, effective, and feasible
- Document, maintain and share your project plans to ensure proper coordination with cross-functional partners
- Participate in discovery and research activities to develop and apply a strong understanding of end-users and the problem space
- Balance prioritized trade-offs that consider user, product, engineering and business needs as you iterate quickly through various design to narrow the solution space
- Collaborate with other interaction and visual designers to produce beautiful and functional interfaces
- Think systemically to create holistic design solutions that reinforce and contribute to the interaction design language of the product
- Propose clear and compelling designs with sound rationale addressing identified problems and opportunities
- Participate in the validation of product usability through informal and formal testing with representative users in lab and clinical settings
- Write clear, comprehensive and detailed user interface specifications for others to build and test against
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
