Senior Interaction Visual Designer

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

3d•$156,800 - $265,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Visual/Interaction Designer, Ion Design System, will own the visual language and design system for Intuitive’s Ion products. The role defines, evolves, and protects the visual structure, hierarchy, components, layouts, and patterns used across Ion clinical workflows and product touchpoints, including the PlanPoint laptop and robotic experience. Working with Interaction Designers, Engineers, Product Managers, Clinical partners, and other stakeholders, the designer translates company design-system foundations into product-specific solutions for clinical environments, touchscreens, procedural workflows, and specialized interfaces. The role establishes reusable visual patterns and components, guides their use across product areas, and ensures designs are cohesive, accessible, technically feasible, and ready for implementation. It also identifies opportunities to extend or improve the design system based on Ion product needs. As a senior individual contributor, this person brings strong visual design judgment, influences design direction, resolves complex and ambiguous problems, and raises design quality and consistency across the team. They contribute to critiques, provide mentorship and feedback, and help establish a durable visual design practice for Ion. This is a full-time position based in Sunnyvale, California, with a set schedule and weekly onsite work; the percentage of onsite work is determined by the leader.

Requirements

At least 5 years of professional experience in visual design, product design, production design, design systems, or a related discipline.
Advanced Figma expertise, including component libraries, variables, component properties, conditions, variants, and auto layout.
Strong visual design skills and experience creating detailed specifications for engineering implementation.
Experience designing responsive interfaces, working directly with Engineers, and conducting visual QA.
Strong visual judgment and attention to quality, consistency, hierarchy, and craft.
Ability to own complex work and navigate ambiguity.
Effective communication and collaboration with Design, Engineering, Product, Clinical, and Human Factors partners.
Ability to balance visual quality, usability, accessibility, technical feasibility, and product constraints.
Bachelor’s degree in Visual Design, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related discipline, preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing for technically complex products.
Experience with QML, medical devices, robotics, or other safety-critical products.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Interaction Designers to develop clear, polished interfaces for Intuitive’s robotic surgical systems.
Define and maintain visual rules, patterns, and conventions for the Ion product.
Build and maintain Figma component libraries, including components, states, variants, and responsive behaviors.
Create production-ready Figma files and specifications for Engineering.
Partner with Engineers throughout implementation and conduct visual quality assurance.
Design across screen sizes and support localization, translation, and consistent implementation.
Contribute to the continued evolution of the Ion Design System and mentor other designers.
Contribute to design critiques, provide mentorship and feedback, and help establish a durable visual design practice for Ion.
Identify opportunities to extend or improve the design system based on Ion product needs.