Job Title: Senior UX Designer (With Medical Device experience)

Location: Seattle, WA - Onsite (In-person interview be required, so only considering locals)

Project Description

• Client advances surgery through a proprietary platform that synthesizes artificial intelligence, computer vision, and augmented reality.
• Client's flagship system is an advanced surgical navigation system that provides critical information unifying pre-operative imaging and planning with intraoperative performance data.
• This is an opportunity to work on innovative medical products that make a real difference in healthcare.
• Client has a collaborative and dynamic work environment with a focus on continuous learning and growth.

Job Summary:

• We are seeking a talented and experienced UX Designer to join our dynamic team.
• This role is pivotal in driving discovery, design, workflows and usability testing activities for both our surgical navigation product and data products.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in user research, UX design, and a good understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience in the medical product industry and familiarity with hardware/software integration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct user research through customer interviews, surveys, and usability testing to gather insights and identify user needs, pain points, and behaviors.
• Create and maintain user journey maps, personas, and scenarios to inform design decisions.
• Translate research findings into presentations, design concepts, requirements, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, product owners, UX designers, engineers, and stakeholders, to ensure user-centred design principles are integrated throughout the development process.
• Develop and iterate on workflow and interaction designs, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience.
• Utilize existing Design System and UI styles to maintain design consistency across products.
• Always learning about new industry trends, competitor medical devices, best practices, and emerging technologies in UX design and research.
• Focus on streamlining workflows and improving the efficiency of user interactions to enhance overall user satisfaction and productivity.
• Identify opportunities to optimize and simplify complex processes, reducing cognitive load and minimizing user errors.
• Measure the impact of design changes on user efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring that the UX improvements directly contribute to better user outcomes and experiences.

Skills Must have

• Bachelor's degree in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Psychology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in UX design and user research
• Experience conducting user research, including customer interviews, usability testing, and creating user journey maps.
• Familiarity with hardware/software integration and the challenges associated with designing for both.
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools.
• We use Figma and Miro.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex research findings into actionable design solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to present ideas and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Knowledge of software development processes and the ability to work closely with development teams to ensure design implementation.
• Strong proficiency in interaction design, with a solid understanding of user-centered design principles.
• 5+ years of experience in UX design and user research, with a proven track record of shipping products-from design and user testing to implementation and release-while gathering and applying feedback to continuously improve the user experience.
• Experience in the medical product industry, preferably including familiarity with IEC 62366-1 (application of usability engineering to medical devices), FDA Human Factors Guidance, and IEC 62304 (software lifecycle processes for medical devices).

Nice to have

• Experience working in a regulated industry i.e. medical devices, government, aviation, automotive, aerospace, etc.
• Familiarity with UI kits and/or design systems and maintaining design consistency across products.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and best practices in medical device design.
• Experience with Jira and Agile methodology.
• Experience designing for 3D applications or in 3D modeling