Sr Visual Designer da Vinci Systems Single Port

Intuitive - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Senior

Sunnyvale, CA

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Visual Designer will join the User Experience Design team at Intuitive, focusing on the user interface (UI) of the da Vinci Single Port System. This role involves designing user interfaces for surgical systems, ensuring they are intuitive and user-friendly. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create high-quality user experiences and establish a consistent visual language across products. The position requires a blend of aesthetics and functionality, with a strong emphasis on usability standards and design systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement user interfaces that enhance the capabilities of surgeons and operating room staff.
• Define, document, and implement design system patterns, including typography, color, iconography, and motion.
• Deliver high-level and detailed design specifications to communicate effectively with project stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Partner with the broader Visual Design team to ensure consistency across the company's product ecosystem.

Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in product design, with a preference for expertise beyond traditional web and mobile interfaces.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design recommendations and processes to cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in Figma, design systems, and component libraries.
• Ability to create prototypes at various levels of fidelity using tools like Figma, ProtoPie, or Unity.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in product design or equivalent discipline (in-house, agency, or freelance).
• Proficient in the use of current design tools and software applications.
• Willingness to work in a surgical environment and comply with hospital vendor credentialing requirements.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.

Nice-to-haves

• 5 years of experience in product design or equivalent discipline (in-house, agency, or freelance).
• Experience designing medical devices and/or experience working on products where safety is essential.
• Proven record of bringing products to market that contain complex user interactions.
• Experience designing products with physical interactions that are not solely web- or screen-based.
• Experience with GUI programming in either prototype or production environments is a plus.
• Possess a solid aesthetic sense and some artistic skill in addition to superior technical expertise.

Benefits

• Market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.