Sr. Industrial Designer - Single Port

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 The senior designer reports to the Design Manager. They define and drive new product design at Intuitive. They collaborate with partners to create innovative human-centered solutions. This improves user experience and company growth.

Essential Job Duties

• Employs a user-centered design process to help teams frame problems and define opportunities.
• Autonomously drives projects or partners with other industrial design team members on projects.
• Works with design managers and design managers on project planning
• Distills technical and ergonomic requirements and develops a range of solutions that synthesize usability, utility, manufacturability, and desirability.
• Works with teams early on to provide user-centered insights and design products. Finds ways to improve processes.
• Collaborates with other UX Team members to create compelling integrated user experiences
• Participates in user research, usability testing, and clinical research labs
• Passionately participates in cross-functional team meetings and other forums and proactively drives efforts forward.
• Utilizes a range of 2D and 3D tools and techniques to develop and communicate design opportunities
• Combines Industrial Design priorities with the priorities of our process partners
• Translates and captures brand attributes in compelling physical forms
• Generates functional and appearance prototypes to conceptually explore and validate design choices

Qualifications

Required Education and Training

• An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates a methodical human-centered design process and delivering successful products from concept to production
• Successfully worked with engineering and product teams to develop designs and bring products to market.
• A comprehensive set of prototyping skills from quick low-fi foam models to fabricating more complex functional learning prototypes.
• Excellent storytelling and presentation skills and an ability to effectively communicate a user-centered point of view.
• Exceptional 2D visualization skills, including sketching, storyboarding, and digital rendering.
• Exceptional 3D CAD and visualization skills to develop technically viable and compelling design solutions.
• Extensive experience with SolidWorks is required. Specific experience with complex surfacing is a plus.
• A thorough understanding of materials, manufacturing processes, and designing for DFM & DFA considerations
• Experience with medical device design and/or designing regulated products is a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time for case observation.

Required Education and Training

• Minimum Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Design
• Minimum 8 years of experience in professional industrial design roles

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Has a passion for designing meaningful, revolutionary products that make an impact on people's lives. 
• Has experience leading and driving design efforts from concept to production.
• Is curious about user behaviors and eager to learn in the field and in a lab environment.
• Is excited to work on complex problems with a dedicated team of high-energy, hi