Senior UI Designer

LivaNova PLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K retirement plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Training & education assistance

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

LivaNova PLC is hiring a UI Designer to define and deliver intuitive, visually compelling user experiences for implantable devices and connected care ecosystems. You will translate clinical workflows into elegant interfaces, rapid prototypes, and validated experiences across multiple products while upholding a consistent product family experience.

You will own the design system, drive production‑ready specs, and collaborate with product, engineering, regulatory, and marketing teams to ensure

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Product UI Designer, with at least 3 recent years in the medical device industry.
• Strong verbal and written communication and proven cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Self‑starter who proactively drives outcomes, negotiates trade‑offs, and works independently when needed.
• Excellent teamwork, partnering, and negotiation abilities to align stakeholders and move projects forward.
• Experience applying mobile and web interface standards such as Android Material Design and Apple Human Interface Guidelines.
• Fluent with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or equivalent design, prototyping, and research tools.
• Design systems experience: creating, maintaining, and scaling component libraries and documented patterns for multi‑product consistency.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic evolution of LivaNova’s multi-brand Design System, driving improvements to components, tokens, and documentation.
• Resolve complex, cross‑functional design issues spanning multiple products and teams, serving as senior escalation point for high‑complexity UI problems.
• Define and scale UI operations by establishing team processes and governance to ensure consistent, repeatable delivery.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineering, human factors, regulatory, legal, security, and marketing to align on safety, usability, and go‑to‑market needs.
• Elevate UI practices by defining, documenting, and sharing standardized design processes and templates.
• Define information architecture and data flows for device and companion applications.
• Produce high‑fidelity UI designs and motion cues reflecting brand and clinical needs.
• Build interactive prototypes for concept validation and engineering alignment.
• Deliver production‑ready specs and handoff artifacts (tokens, assets, states) and guidelines.
• Maintain and evolve the design system with reusable components and documentation.

Skills

UI design

Cross-functional collaboration

Mobile/web guidelines

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Design systems

Prototyping

Developer handoff

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

As a global medtech company, we are driven by a vision of changing the trajectory of lives for a new day and a mission to create ingenious solutions that ignite patient turnarounds. Our commitment to patients and a legacy of innovation form the foundation of our future. LivaNova offers a place where talent can thrive and become pioneers of tomorrow.

Role Overview

The UI Designer defines and delivers intuitive, visually compelling user experiences for an implantable medical device platform and its connected‑care ecosystem. This role combines strong visual design skills with user‑centered product design, translating clinical workflows and user needs into elegant interfaces, rapid prototypes, and validated experiences across multiple concurrent products while preserving a consistent product‑family experience.

General Responsibilities

• Own the strategic evolution of LivaNova’s multi‑brand Design System, driving continuous improvements to components, tokens, and documentation to support multiple concurrent products.
• Resolve complex, cross‑functional design issues spanning multiple products, teams, and technical constraints, serving as the senior escalation point for high‑complexity UI problems.
• Define and scale UI operations by establishing team best practices, design processes, and workflows that elevate UI maturity across the organization and ensure consistent, repeatable delivery and alignment at scale.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product managers, engineering, human factors, regulatory, legal, security, and marketing to align on safety, usability, and go‑to‑market needs.
• Elevate UI best practices and methodologies by defining, documenting, and sharing standardized design processes, templates, and governance.

Specific Responsibilities

• Define information architecture: establish navigation, content hierarchy, and data flows for device and companion applications.
• Produce high‑fidelity UI designs: deliver pixel‑perfect screens, visual assets, and motion cues that reflect brand and clinical needs.
• Build interactive prototypes: create clickable prototypes for concept validation, stakeholder reviews, and engineering alignment.
• Deliver production‑ready specs: provide annotated designs, component specs, and developer handoff artifacts (tokens, assets, logic rules/states, and guidelines).
• Maintain and evolve the design system: create reusable components, documentation, and versioning to ensure portfolio consistency.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Product UI Designer, with at least 3 recent years in the medical device industry.
• Strong verbal and written communication and proven cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Self‑starter who proactively drives outcomes, negotiates trade‑offs, and works independently when needed.
• Excellent teamwork, partnering, and negotiation abilities to align stakeholders and move projects forward.
• Experience applying mobile and web interface standards such as Android Material Design and Apple Human Interface Guidelines.
• Fluent with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or equivalent design, prototyping, and research tools.
• Design systems experience: creating, maintaining, and scaling component libraries and documented patterns for multi‑product consistency.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Digital Design, Visual Communications, or a related field. Candidates from other educational backgrounds may be considered if they have the requisite experience and relevant certifications or coursework.

Location & Travel Requirements

This position is based at our Houston area site. Moderate travel may be required (up to 25%).

Pay Transparency

Annual base salary: $160,000 – $180,000, plus discretionary annual bonus (ranges may vary by location).

Benefits

• Health benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision
• Personal and Vacation Time
• Retirement & Savings Plan (401K)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training & Education Assistance
• Bonus Referral Program, Service Awards, Employee Recognition Program
• Flexible Work Schedules

Equal Opportunity

LivaNova values equality and diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and free from unlawful discrimination based on sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non‑job‑related disability, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race, or any other legally protected classification.