Senior Interaction Designer

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

Interaction Design is crucial at Intuitive Surgical, involving various technical disciplines. Our process prioritizes user needs in healthcare innovation, ensuring safe, efficient interfaces that please users.

You'll drive design on da Vinci team, defining various platform elements across touchpoints. Collaborate with designers, engineers, and experts to create new digital solutions.

You will help develop products from start to finish. Da Vinci platform offers exciting future opportunities. Join us to shape minimally invasive care.

This is a full-time on-site position in our Sunnyvale, CA Office.

Roles & Responsibilities:

About You:

• You are a fantastic designer and enjoy both learning and helping others become fantastic product thinkers and designers

• You are passionate about improving the life of patients and solving novel challenges in healthcare

• You are inclusive by nature and understand the purpose and value of cross-functional collaboration

• You enjoy collaborating with technical partners and thrive working on abstract and often unfamiliar design & interaction problems

• You recognize quality and inspire others to meet high standards.

• You are emotionally intelligent. You have great listening, communication, and mathematical skills. These help you adapt in diverse environments.

• You support and embody user-centered design (UCD) in every way

• You help create a team culture in which everyone thrives and can do their best

What You'll Do

• Design world class physical and digital interactions

• Uphold top standards and methods throughout the product development life cycle

• Work with various teams to ensure safe, effective, feasible product designs during development process.

• 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 proven understanding of end-users and the problem space

• Prioritize trade-offs considering user, product, engineering, and business needs. Iterate quickly through designs to refine solutions.

• 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

Qualifications

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product design (in-house, agency, or freelance)

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, User Experience, or equivalent

• Proven record of bringing products to market that contain complex user interactions

• Craftmanship is part of the job

• Proficient in the use of current design tools and software applications, with proven prototyping experience

• Ideally, some experience working in the medical industry and/or healthcare

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Additional Information

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.