UI/UX Designer II

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Careers that Change Lives

The Medtronic Diabetes business is one of the most exciting, dynamic, and challenging spaces in medical devices. More than 463 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, and this is expected to reach close to 600 million in 10 years. The diabetes device industry is unique in that technologies available to monitor and manage diabetes are starting to converge with consumer electronics technology. As such, the experience is evolving; people living with diabetes have a stronger voice in therapy choice, care is transitioning away from specialists, and the role of artificial intelligence is elevating care.

As a User Experience Designer in the Customer Centered Design team, you are passionate about human-centered design and have a deep understanding of the process and craft, but also have a nimble, creative and pragmatic approach. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team (User Research, UI and Industrial Design) and collaborate on new product features and user experience enhancements for patients, their caregivers, and healthcare professionals.

A portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating exceptional design solutions is a requirement for application.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the UI design for mobile app features that meet patient, caregiver and business needs, align with UX strategy, and are technically feasible.
• Continuously learn, grow and improve the craft of UX and UI design.
• Work closely with product leads, design team, and development programs to plan design efforts and define goals.
• Quickly understand and become proficient in therapy and technical domain knowledge.
• Utilize Human-Centered Design, Outcome Driven Innovation (ODI) and similar processes to guide the creation of UI designs.
• Take part in User Experience Research including participation in observational research, interviews, and concept testing to uncover needs, learn about user behavior and explore design concepts.
• Collaborate on the creation of interactive prototypes for mobile apps.
• Participate in usability testing of prototypes, documenting findings and making design recommendations.
• Create design specs (user flows, prototypes, user interface design specifications) to communicate concepts and designs to internal partners.
• Work with developers to maintain design intent and bring concepts to life.
• Support creation and maintenance of a library of design elements to ensure reusable, proven and tested patterns are clearly documented and consistently implemented.
• Navigate regulated product development process to deliver design intent that addresses user and business needs.
• Prepare clear and effective oral and written reports of current design activities status, progress and plan, as required by project or department management.
• Apply design patterns for mobile apps and responsive web, understanding why they are important, and how and when to use them.
• Design, prototype, and document UI screens and flows in Figma.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required with 2+ years of relevant experience or Advanced Degree with 0+ years of experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience using Figma (preferred), Sketch, Adobe XD, Axure or other visual design and prototyping tools.
• Demonstrated experience designing consumer-level mobile and web applications.
• Have a clear understanding of all aspects of User Experience and User Interface Design.
• Experience with UX design of enterprise B2B software including responsive sites and enterprise software.
• Experience conducting user testing / user research.
• Experience creating experience frameworks to structure user research insights – e.g., user journeys, service blueprints, affinity diagrams, value proposition canvas.
• Experience designing to Section 508 / WCAG 2.0 accessibility guidelines.
• Experience designing for internationalization and supporting localization.
• Working knowledge of HTML / CSS / JavaScript / XML.
• Familiar with applying scalable UI design systems.
• Work effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Communicate clearly, in written, verbal and visual forms, being equally facile with technical and non-technical team members.
• Working knowledge of diabetes therapy, clinical data, business plans and competitive products.
• Medical device and/or previous Medtronic experience.

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 Responsibilities 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.

For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package.

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD): $90,400.00 - $135,600.00.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

About Medtronic

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We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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