Senior UI/UX Designer

LivaNova•Houston, TX

12h•Onsite

About The Position

As a global medtech company, we are driven by our Vision of changing the trajectory of lives for a new day and our Mission to create ingenious solutions that ignite patient turnarounds. Our relentless commitment to patients and strong legacy of innovation in healthcare are the foundation of our future. If you're looking for a new chance, a new beginning, a new trajectory, LivaNova is where your talent can truly thrive. Join our talented team members worldwide to become a pioneer of tomorrow—because at LivaNova, we don’t just treat conditions — we aspire to alter the course of lives. The UI/UX Designer defines and delivers intuitive, visually compelling user experiences for an implantable medical device platform and its connected-care ecosystem. This role combines strong visual design skills with user-centered product design. They translate clinical workflows and user needs into elegant interfaces, rapid prototypes, and validated experiences across multiple concurrent products while preserving a consistent product-family experience. The UI/UX Designer will be proficient with the entire UX process including discovery, research, ideation, prototyping, and validation.

Requirements

Strong verbal and written communication and proven cross-functional collaboration skills
Highly motivated self-starter who proactively drives outcomes, negotiates trade-offs, and works independently when needed
Excellent teamwork, partnering, and negotiation abilities to align stakeholders and move projects forward
Deep knowledge of current UX methodologies, design processes, and usability principles
Experience applying mobile and web interface standards such as Android Material Design and Apple Human Interface Guidelines
Fluent with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Dovetail, or equivalent design, prototyping, and research tools
Usability testing and research practice: planning, running sessions, synthesizing findings, and reporting actionable recommendations
Design systems experience: creating, maintaining, and scaling component libraries and documented patterns for multi-product consistency
Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Industrial Design, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in HCI, Human Factors, Interaction Design, or a closely related discipline.
Relevant certifications and coursework (e.g., UX research, human factors, accessibility, design systems) considered a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end UX for assigned products from discovery through delivery, ensuring user-centered, validated solutions.
Conduct user research and testing with clinicians and patients; synthesize findings into clear requirements and improvements.
Design and prototype interaction models, wireframes, and high-fidelity UIs to communicate intent and enable implementation.
Maintain a scalable design system and production-ready specs to ensure portfolio-wide consistency and efficient handoffs.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, engineering, human factors, regulatory, legal, security, and marketing to align on safety, usability, and go-to-market needs.
Elevate UI/UX best practices and methodologies by defining, documenting, and sharing standardized design processes, templates, and governance to ensure consistent, repeatable delivery.
Lead discovery activities: run stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiry, and workflow mapping with clinicians and patients
Synthesize research into requirements: create user personas, journey maps, and prioritized UX requirements.
Define information architecture: establish navigation, content hierarchy, and data flows for device and companion applications.
Create interaction models and wireframes: produce low- and mid-fidelity artifacts to validate flows and behaviors.
Produce high-fidelity UI designs: deliver pixel‑perfect screens, visual assets, and motion cues that reflect brand and clinical needs.
Build interactive prototypes: create clickable prototypes for concept validation, stakeholder reviews, and engineering alignment.
Plan and run UX and usability testing: design test plans, recruit participants, run sessions, synthesize results, and produce actionable reports.
Deliver production-ready specs: provide annotated designs, component specs, and developer handoff artifacts (tokens, assets, logic rules/states, and guidelines).
Maintain and evolve the design system: create reusable components, documentation, and versioning to ensure portfolio consistency.
Define and scale UX operations: establish team best practices, templates, and workflows; support growth of UX maturity across processes, tools, and standards.