Senior Industrial Designer at Intuitive

Job Description Position Description Industrial Designers at Intuitive help design next-generation products and solutions for robotic surgery systems as well as refine and evolve existing product lines. Industrial designers are very hands-on, helping to translate real user insight into actionable design opportunities and empowering user experiences. As a natural collaborator and pioneer, the Senior Industrial Designer will work with their process partners (engineering, clinical development, human factors, user research, product management) and partner with other design team members on the framing, definition, and execution of future product opportunities. Focusing on the physical aspects of the product, she/he employs an understanding of user needs, ergonomics, form, proportion, color, materials, and manufacturing processes that transform complex technical designs into elegant forms that are highly usable, beautiful, and manufacturable. With an ability to explore, prototype, and test a wide range of new ideas, the senior industrial designer generates and proves opportunities to builds consensus on the right path forward. The Senior Industrial Designer is a natural storyteller and creates compelling presentations that illustrate new user benefits and opportunities for Intuitive. Job Responsibilities The Senior Industrial Designer is responsible for defining and driving the design of new products at Intuitive. Working with their partners, the Senior Industrial Designer creates innovative human-centered design solutions that will improve user experience and drive company growth. • Employs a user-centered design process to help teams frame problems and define opportunities • Independently manages projects, or partners with other industrial design team members on projects • Works with design leads 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 product development and engineering groups early in the product development lifecycle to provide user-centered thought leadership and generate conceptual product designs and opportunities • Collaborates with other UX Team members to create compelling integrated user experiences • Participates in user research, usability testing, and clinical research labs • Effectively 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 goals with the objectives 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 • Delivers manufacturable design proposals to engineering for productionThe Ideal Candidate • 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 • Has experience working in fast paced startup environments • Is curious about user behaviors and has an eagerness to learn in the field and a lab environment • Is excited to work on complex problems with a dedicated team of high-energy, high-caliber people • Approaches work with a strategic, systems-thinking mindset • Has a natural aptitude for teamwork, thriving on brainstorming, facilitating, and presenting • Has a high capacity for technical problem solving and execution work • Is reliable and dedicated to achieving the highest quality design output • Is a highly creative problem solver • Learns from, mentors, and inspires other designers • Can autonomously work and solve problems, and seek out information as needed • Takes a bias toward action and an eagerness to support the team and the project • Employs healthy organization and communication habits, making you a responsive and exemplary team player • Has a refined aesthetic sensibility and artistic skill • Has an incurable curiosity relating to all things design