Principal User Experience Designer - Surgical Robotics

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**Careers that Change Lives**
You will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Medtronics Robotic Assisted Surgery platform through commercial launch and production scale-up: ******Impact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career.**
In the Surgical Robotics (SR) business, part of Medtronics Medical Surgical Portfolio, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes. We strive to expand global access to care and reduce variability through robotic and analytics solutions.
SURGICAL INNOVATIONS set the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services that focus on obesity and diseases and conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, lung, abdominal wall, pelvic region, and the head and neck.
**A Day in the Life**
Drive System interactions for a next-generation robotic surgical system. Work embedded in our Systems Engineering team to understand and influence user workflows and system behavior at all levels. Create and maintain documentation of system behavior patterns and refine interactions across a highly complex, integrated hardware/software system. Collaborate closely with a dedicated User Experience researcher and Human Factors team to help define user needs, prototype, test and refine usability across all digital interactions. Help define prototypes and structures for usability and user experience testing.
You will:
Work with Marketing and Systems teams on user requirements
Structure and target improvements to system workflows; working with engineers across Systems and other Centers of Excellence (domain COEs) to work through architectural needs and implications
Document and develop system behavior specifications including indicators, sounds and state-based allow/restrict behaviors
Collaborate with UI designers, hardware designers and engineers to drive prototypes for testing
Consult on behaviors of system-adjacent products and apps
Observe Usability testing and OR procedures
Actively participate in Systems Engineering processes of risk assessment and requirements development and refinement
**Must Have: Minimum Requirements**
Bachelors degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
**Nice to have:**
BS/BA in Digital/GUI/UX/Interaction Design
Strong visual communication (Powerpoint, Illustrator, animation, UI prototyping etc) for design ideation and persuasive/explanatory use (e.g., helping systems engineers understande a workflow or interaction concept)
Cogent, concise written communication
Experience independently managing and prioritizing design approach to multiple projects (e.g. consultancy) or complex systems (e.g. medical systems).
Strongly Preferred:
2 years experience with regulated product development process (e.g. IEC62366; requirements; development stages)
Experience with timelines and budgeting
Workflow agility and clear communication to meet fluid project priorities and requirements and tight timelines
**Working Conditions:**
Standard Office setting in the Seaport District of Boston, MA. Work within a commutable distance to our Boston/Seaport office with the option to work remotely a portion of the week, as business needs allow.
This position requires a person to be able to lift small loads and maneuver in laboratory spaces for accessing the robotically-assisted surgical equipment when testing.
Work travel is anticipated to be low for this position; some travel may be required for design, collaboration, meetings, or debugging offsite.
**About Medtronic**
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Lets work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients lives. Help us shape the future.
**Physical Job Requirements**
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Day in the Life section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
**EEO**
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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Posted:
2022-03-01
Expires:
2022-03-31
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