Senior UI/UX Designer

LivaNova, PLC
Houston, TX, United States
about 1 month ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$160,000.0 - $180,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Adobe Creative Cloud Adobe InDesign Cognitive Science Design of User Interfaces Human-Computer Interaction Interaction Design Rapid Prototyping Process Software Tools Material Design Data Streaming Management of Software Versions Website Wireframe
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Figma

Job description

The UI/UX 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. They translate clinical workflows and user needs into elegant interfaces, rapid prototypes, and validated experiences across multiple concurrent products while preserving a consistent product-family experience.

The UI/UX Designer will be proficient with the entire UX process including discovery, research, ideation, prototyping, and validation.

General Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end UX for assigned products from discovery through delivery, ensuring user-centered, validated solutions.
  • Conduct user research and testing with clinicians and patients; synthesize findings into clear requirements and improvements.
  • Design and prototype interaction models, wireframes, and high-fidelity UIs to communicate intent and enable implementation.
  • Maintain a scalable design system and production-ready specs to ensure portfolio-wide consistency and efficient handoffs.
  • 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/UX best practices and methodologies by defining, documenting, and sharing standardized design processes, templates, and governance to ensure consistent, repeatable delivery., * Lead discovery activities: run stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiry, and workflow mapping with clinicians and patients
  • Synthesize research into requirements: create user personas, journey maps, and prioritized UX requirements.
  • Define information architecture: establish navigation, content hierarchy, and data flows for device and companion applications.
  • Create interaction models and wireframes: produce low- and mid-fidelity artifacts to validate flows and behaviors.
  • Produce high-fidelity UI designs: deliver pixelperfect 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.
  • Plan and run UX and usability testing: design test plans, recruit participants, run sessions, synthesize results, and produce actionable reports.
  • 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.
  • Define and scale UX operations: establish team best practices, templates, and workflows; support growth of UX maturity across processes, tools, and standards.
  • Assigned responsibilities may focus more on UI or on UX, or may be a balance of both.

Requirements

  • Strong verbal and written communication and proven cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Highly motivated 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
  • Deep knowledge of current UX methodologies, design processes, and usability principles
  • Experience applying mobile and web interface standards such as Android Material Design and Apple Human Interface Guidelines
  • Fluent with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Dovetail, or equivalent design, prototyping, and research tools
  • Usability testing and research practice: planning, running sessions, synthesizing findings, and reporting actionable recommendations
  • Design systems experience: creating, maintaining, and scaling component libraries and documented patterns for multi-product consistency, * Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Industrial Design, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a related field.
  • Preferred: Master’s degree in HCI, Human Factors, Interaction Design, or a closely related discipline.
  • Relevant certifications and coursework (e.g., UX research, human factors, accessibility, design systems) considered a plus.

Benefits & conditions

$160,000 - $180,000 plus discretionary annual bonus. Pay ranges may vary by location. 401(k) United States, Massachusetts Jul 15, 2026, * A reasonable estimate of the annual base salary for this position is $160,000 - $180,000 plus discretionary annual bonus. Pay ranges may vary by location.

Employee benefits include:

  • 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

About the company

As a global medtech company, we are driven by our Vision of changing the trajectory of lives for a new day and our Mission to create ingenious solutions that ignite patient turnarounds. Our relentless commitment to patients and strong legacy of innovation in healthcare are the foundation of our future. If you’re looking for a new chance, a new beginning, a new trajectory, LivaNova is where your talent can truly thrive. Join our talented team members worldwide to become a pioneer of tomorrow-because at LivaNova, we don’t just treat conditions - we aspire to alter the course of lives., LivaNova values equality and diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent and free from unlawful discrimination. Our selection process is driven by the key demands/requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate’s sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.

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