Senior UX Designer — Data Center Infrastructure Platform

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Sick time

401(k)

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA seeks a Senior UX Designer to turn complex technical problems into clear, approachable experiences.

You will work with product managers, engineers, architects, researchers, and QA from discovery through delivery, shaping product direction and crafting design systems that scale. You bring a strong portfolio demonstrating interaction design, information architecture, prototyping, and visual craft, with experience leading end-to-end digital products and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, Master's degree plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years.
• Experience leading complex digital products from discovery through implementation and validation with product and engineering teams.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong interaction design, information architecture, prototyping, visual design, systems thinking, and proficiency with tools such as Figma.

Responsibilities

• Lead significant UX and product design from discovery and research through interaction design, prototyping, implementation, and validation.
• Simplify complex technical and operational problems using strong systems thinking, information architecture, interaction design, and visual craft.
• Use customer research, usability findings, analytics, and other evidence to identify needs, influence product direction, and define success.
• Partner with product, engineering, architecture, research, content, QA, and technical experts to align requirements, constraints, and trade-offs.
• Create implementation-ready designs with clear rationale, specifications, acceptance criteria, accessibility guidance, and critical product states.
• Work with engineering through delivery to resolve gaps, validate quality, and evolve reusable patterns and design-system guidance.
• Champion accessible, inclusive, and consistent experiences across the product.
• Scope and estimate work, manage priorities, and communicate dependencies or risks early.
• Mentor other designers and strengthen team practice through critique, facilitation, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

UX design

Interaction design

Information architecture

Prototyping

Systems thinking

Figma

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8 years

Master's degree + 6 years

PhD + 3 years

Tools

Figma

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA seeks a Senior UX Designer to turn complex technical problems into clear, approachable experiences.

You will work with product managers, engineers, architects, researchers, and QA from discovery through delivery, shaping product direction and crafting design systems that scale. You bring a strong portfolio demonstrating interaction design, information architecture, prototyping, and visual craft, with experience leading end-to-end digital products and