Sr Interaction Designer - 3D/AR/VR

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.

Primary Function of Position

Interaction Design is a key role at Intuitive Surgical, with responsibilities that cut across multiple technical disciplines. We bring a human-centered design process to healthcare innovation and the development of digital interfaces that are safe, effective, and delight our users.

As a Senior Interaction Designer at Intuitive, you will be applying the past experience in gamification to design solutions for our family of products that include both physical and software experiences and can expand to include 2d and 3d (AR/VR) space. You will be establishing brand new ways of interacting with our set of digital solutions to solve complex user experience problems.

You will be involved in various product development and exploration stages, from early concepts to final design and implementation. Intuitive has many exciting opportunities ahead, and we are excited to welcome you as a team member as we build the future of minimally invasive care.  

Essential Job Duties 

• Design world-class digital interactions
• Working in an environment where the product definition is still being defined and articulated
• Uphold superior standards and methods throughout the product development life cycle
• Collaborate with Product Management, Human Factors, Clinical, and Engineering teams throughout the product development process to ensure your designs are safe, effective, and feasible
• Document, maintain, and share your project plans to ensure proper coordination with cross-functional partners
• Has experience working in an iterative environment, closely collaborating with diverse stakeholders
• Participate and Facilitate discovery and research activities to develop and apply a strong understanding of end-users and the problem space
• Balance prioritized trade-offs that consider user, product, engineering, and business needs as you iterate quickly through various designs to narrow the solution space
• Think systemically to create holistic design solutions that reinforce and contribute to the interaction design language of the product
• Propose clear and compelling designs with sound rationale addressing identified problems and opportunities
• Participate in the validation of product usability through informal and formal testing with representative users in lab and clinical settings
• Write clear, comprehensive, and detailed user interface specifications for others to build and test against

Required Skills and Experience

You are a flexible and dynamic professional striving for innovative solutions in all endeavors. The ideal candidate is passionate about intentional aesthetics and behavior and their role in product continuity. This candidate should have extensive experience across all design phases and expertise in building design specifications with engineering teams and stakeholders.

Required Education and Training

• 5+ years of experience in a product design role – with focus on 3D/ AR/ VR
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in design, human sciences (e.g., Cognitive Science, Psychology, Human Factors, Product Design, UX Design) or equivalent
• Experience has a shared service working with multiple product teams at once
• Proven record of bringing products to market that contain complex user interactions.
• Professional experience using industry-standard design tools (i.e., Figma, Creative Suite)

Working Conditions

• This position is scheduled on-site in Sunnyvale, CA.

Preferred Skills and Experience 

• Experience with user education design
• Ability to synthesize nuanced interactions between hardware and software into essential UI
• Excellent UX documentation writing skills
• Ability to articulate their design concisely to leadership and stakeholders
• Experience working in 3D/AR/VR environments
• Ability to prototype using a variety of methods, digital and sketching (e.g., Figma, Proto-pie)
• Experience working with visual designers and artists
• Experience using design systems to create consistency and cross-product fluency

*Candidates must be able to present a portfolio of work which portrays their knowledge and expertise

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.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

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 compensation ranges are listed.