Senior UX/UI Product Designer

Milwaukee Tool•Brookfield, WI

About The Position

The Senior UX/UI Product Designer at Milwaukee Tool is responsible for leading UX strategy and design execution across multiple programs, ensuring cohesive, scalable, and high-performing user experiences across the product ecosystem. This role serves as a key owner of UX/UI decisions, driving design direction across embedded systems and connected experiences. The Senior UX/UI Product Designer partners closely with industrial design, engineering, and product leadership to influence product direction, resolve complex challenges, and ensure that user experience considerations are fully integrated into product development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, Industrial Design, or related discipline
6–10+ years of UX/UI design experience, preferably spanning physical and digital product experiences
Portfolio demonstrating advanced expertise in systems thinking, interaction design, and user-centered problem solving
Proven ability to lead UX efforts across multiple concurrent projects or product lines
Demonstrated success influencing product direction and cross-functional decision-making
Strong experience working within complex product development environments (hardware + software)
Proficiency with Figma, ProtoPie, Adobe Creative Suite, and related tools
Deep understanding of embedded systems and hardware/software integration constraints
Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder alignment skills
Expertise in usability, accessibility, and human factors design
Experience designing for real-world use conditions, including physically demanding and dynamic environments

Nice To Haves

Occasional travel may be required

Responsibilities

Own UX/UI outcomes across multiple programs, ensuring alignment with user needs, engineering constraints, and business objectives
Lead the design of physical and digital experiences for embedded systems across product lines
Define and drive UX/UI direction, including interaction models, design patterns, and interface standards
Serve as the primary decision-maker for UX/UI design within assigned programs
Champion and evolve scalable UX/UI systems, including behavioral patterns, visual language, and interface conventions
Influence product decisions through user research, usability data, and human-centered design principles
Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve complex user, technical, and business challenges
Advocate for usability, accessibility, and human factors at all stages of development
Ensure consistency and quality across product families and user experiences
Provide guidance and mentorship to other designers to elevate overall UX practice
Lead cross-functional collaboration to define user needs, product opportunities, and experience strategy
Translate insights, technical constraints, and business goals into clear, actionable UX direction
Define system-level interaction models, information architecture, and design frameworks
Establish reusable UX patterns and standards that scale across tools and product categories
Plan, conduct, and synthesize usability testing; drive implementation of improvements
Evaluate and refine designs to balance usability, performance, manufacturability, and cost considerations
Present and defend design decisions with strong rationale to project teams and leadership
Drive alignment among stakeholders with competing priorities or constraints
Identify opportunities to improve usability, efficiency, and consistency across the Milwaukee Tool ecosystem
Ensure UX solutions perform effectively in real-world jobsite conditions (e.g., visibility, durability, ease of use with gloves, environmental factors)
Stay current on emerging UX methodologies, tools, and industry best practices