Product Designer

$109,300 - $218,500/Yr

Abbott Laboratories - Alameda, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Alameda, CA

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

As a Product Designer at Abbott, you will play a crucial role in the Diabetes Care division, which is dedicated to helping individuals manage their diabetes through innovative health products. This position is based in Alameda, CA, where you will be part of a team focused on revolutionizing glucose monitoring with cutting-edge sensing technology. Your creativity and insights will be essential in developing digital health products from concept to delivery, ensuring that user experiences are elevated and aligned with high design standards. You will engage directly with customers to understand their needs and incorporate their feedback into the design process, ensuring that our products are user-centered and impactful. In this role, you will design holistic experiences throughout the product lifecycle, from initial ideas to launch and beyond. You will assist in maintaining and evolving the ADC design system, contributing to the realization and evolution of our design vision. Your leadership will enhance design craftsmanship through collaborative sessions, critiques, and team activities. You will work closely with UX Researchers to inform insights work, using design to deepen the understanding of customer needs. Collaboration with product managers, researchers, data scientists, and engineers will be key as you navigate uncertainties and develop impactful products that meet the needs of our users.

Responsibilities

• Design holistic experiences throughout the product lifecycle, from initial idea to launch and beyond.
• Assist in maintaining and evolving the ADC design system.
• Contribute to the realization and evolution of our design vision.
• Enhance design craftsmanship by leading collaborative sessions, critiques, and other team activities.
• Engage directly with customers to ensure that our designs center around their needs.
• Work closely with UX Researchers to inform and support insights work, employing design to deepen our understanding of our customers.
• Collaborate with product managers, researchers, data scientists and engineers to navigate uncertainties and develop impactful products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Design / Human Factors or related field plus minimum of 6 years related work experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience building, using, maintaining, and advocating for design systems.
• Proficiency in Figma.
• Demonstrable experience in designing, prototyping and launching exceptional end-to-end experiences.
• A clear understanding of what constitutes superior design and the drive to continually elevate standards.
• Ability to distill complex information and requirements into simple flows.
• Eagerness to deeply understand customers and their needs.
• Thorough knowledge of usability and accessibility standards.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to succinctly explain your design decisions.
• Enthusiasm for design craftsmanship and a commitment to stay inspired.
• An online portfolio showcasing your design approach and impact, through highlighted work samples or case studies.
• Bonus: experience in front end development.

Benefits

• Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program
• FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.