Sr. Industrial Designer - Ion

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Join Intuitive in shaping the future of lung care. As a Senior Industrial Designer for ION Endoluminal, you’ll help design robotic solutions that enable earlier diagnosis of lung cancer.

In this role, you’ll collaborate with engineers, clinical, and product partners to bring bold ideas to life. You’ll focus on the physical aspects and interactions of ION platform, applying a human-centered design process to transform technical complexity into designs that are intuitive, elegant, and manufacturable.

From sketching and prototyping to testing and refining, you’ll explore a wide range of possibilities—building consensus across teams and shaping solutions that directly impact patient outcomes and clinician experience.

This is more than a design role. It’s a chance to contribute to life-changing technology at the forefront of medical robotics.

What You’ll Do

• Champion a human-centered design approach, creating world-class products that push the boundaries of medical robotic technology.
• Drive projects with autonomy while partnering across disciplines to deliver holistic, integrated user experiences.
• Partner with user research, clinical, and product management to uncover insights through field research, usability studies, and clinical labs, translating findings into actionable design directions.
• Build prototypes at multiple fidelities—from quick sketches to refined appearance models—to rapidly explore ideas, test assumptions, and validate design choices.
• Transform complex technical and ergonomic requirements into elegant, practical solutions that balance desirability, feasibility and viability.
• Deliver manufacturable design proposals, partnering with engineering to ensure high-quality execution that maintains design intent.

The Ideal Candidate

• Is driven by a passion for creating transformative products that truly improve lives.
• Is deeply curious about user behaviors and eager to learn from both field studies and lab environments.
• Thrives on tackling complex challenges with a strategic, system-thinking mindset.
• Operates with independence and initiative, knowing how to plan, scope, and prioritize with confidence.
• Brings a bias for action, jumping in to support the team and moving projects forward.
• Has proven experience in medical devices or regulated products, and a history of bringing innovations successfully to the market.
• Excels at cross-functional collaboration, building strong partnerships with engineering, product, and clinical teams to deliver products that succeed in the market.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Design
• 8+ years of experience in professional industrial design roles
• An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates a methodical human-centered design process and delivering successful products from concept to production
• A comprehensive set of prototyping skills from quick low-fi foam models to fabricating more complex functional learning prototypes
• Excellent sketching, visualization, storytelling and presentation skills and an ability to effectively communicate a user-centered point of view
• 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
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time for case observation.

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target base compensation ranges are listed.