Senior User Experience Designer

Abbott Laboratories company; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories is seeking a Senior UX Designer in San Diego to lead the design of innovative diagnostic products. This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams to enhance user interfaces, ensuring easy-to-use design solutions in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment. Join us and impact patient care globally while enjoying excellent career development and benefits.

Benefits

Free medical coverage

Excellent retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Freedom 2 Save student debt program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a professional UX Designer.
• Portfolio showcasing design skills and impact.
• Experience in the healthcare sector preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop user experience concepts for medical diagnostic products.
• Collaborate with R&D on user journey maps and task-flow diagrams.
• Conduct usability studies to uncover user pain points.

Skills

User Experience Design

User Interface Design

Prototyping

Communication

Critical Thinking

Education

Bachelors in User Experience Design

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

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. Role Senior User Experience (UX) Designer 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 forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical 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 The position

Senior UX Designer,

works out of our

location in the Abbott

Infectious Diseases

Business Unit. 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

hired will apply their technical expertise in user-experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design to design and develop point-of-care, medical diagnostic products for Infectious Diseases. They will focus on the user-facing design of product interfaces through the design, prototyping, and testing process. The

Senior UX Designer

will closely collaborate with key partner teams, such as human factors, instrument software and industrial design to create easy-to-use and technically feasible diagnostic product 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 diagnostic product 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 instrument team to implement UX / UI design concepts balancing interaction design, visual design, and technical feasibility.

Work with industrial design to design concepts and prototypes that demonstrate overall user experience for different end-users, use-scenarios, and environments.

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 Bachelors in User Experience Design, Product Design, or similar field.

5 or more years of experience as a professional UX Designer.

Proficiency with industry-standard design and prototyping tools including Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.

Demonstrated experience stewarding projects through the human-centered design process.

Ability to distill requirements and stakeholder input into simple, intuitive UX / UI design concepts.

A portfolio highlighting your design skillset and impact, through work samples and case studies.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Independent, organized, and meticulous.

Preferred Qualifications Demonstrable experience in designing, prototyping, and launching exceptional end-to-end user experiences.

Knowledge of web & mobile UI technologies, usability, and accessibility standards.

Experience in healthcare, medical device development and design controls process.

Experience with IVD Products

Experience working with human factors, software & industrial design teams.

Demonstrated critical thinking skills.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives : 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. Connect with us at , on Facebook at , and on Twitter @AbbottNews The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 - $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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