Senior User Experience Designer

Abbott; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is looking for a Senior User Experience Designer based in Chicago, specializing in UX/UI design for diagnostic software products. This role involves collaboration with various teams to enhance user experience through innovative design processes, ensuring user-research influences product strategies. Candidates should have extensive experience in UX design and a background in a relevant field.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Free medical coverage in Health Investment Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Excellent retirement savings plan

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years professional UX experience.
• Experience in Human Factors Medical Device is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop UX/UI concepts for software systems.
• Collaborate with R&D teams to create prototypes.
• Conduct usability studies to enhance user experience.

Skills

User Experience Design

User Interface Design

Prototyping

Human Factors

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Job description

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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, You Can Do Work That Matters, Grow, And Learn, Care For Yourself And Your Family, Be Your True Self, And Live a Full Life. You’ll Also Have Access To

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
  
  

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Willis Tower location (Chicago) in the Informatics Group in Abbott Rapid Diagnostics.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

The Senior UX Designer will apply their technical expertise in user-experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design to design and develop software products for Informatics. They will focus on the user-facing design of software products through the design, prototyping, and testing process. The Senior UX Designer will closely collaborate with key partner teams to create easy-to-use and technically feasible software systems that deliver a well-considered overall user experience.

What You’ll Work On

• Work with R&D teams and the strategic marketing to design and develop user experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design concepts and prototypes for software systems based on user-research and product strategy.
• Apply your user experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design skillset to create UX journey maps, task-flow diagrams, UX/UI wireframes & prototypes across phases of the new product development process.
• Work with the human factors team and lead UX design & UX prototyping for usability studies to uncover user pain points & opportunities for design improvement.
• Work with the software team to implement UX/UI design concepts balancing interaction design, visual design, and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with cross-functional project teams to identify key requirements that have an impact to UX/UI Design. Provide strategic guidance related to UX/UI Design including design approach, key considerations, and trade-offs.
• Advocate the goals of UX/UI design across the division through effective communication with leadership and collaborators.
• Coordinate design activities with vendors and consultants to ensure prototypes or design services meet project requirements and milestones.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or similar engineering discipline User Experience Design, Product Design, or similar field.
• Minimum 5 years professional UX Designer.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Human Factors Medical Device or similar.
• Understands the full cycle of the testing process, design, experience with vendor relationships and has at least 3 years of similar experience in a similar role and/or in a similar sized company.
  
  

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $75,300.00 – $150,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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