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Abbott

Senior User Experience (UX) Designer

Abbott, San Diego, California, United States, 92189


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.

Senior User Experience (UX) Designer (On-site in San Diego, CA)

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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!

Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

Our location in

San Diego, CA

has an exciting opportunity for a

Senior UX Designer

within our Abbott Rapid Diagnostics business.

The Opportunity

The

Senior UX Designer

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 will Do

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.

Independent, organized, and meticulous.

Has excellent communication skills

Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills

Required Qualifications

Bachelor Degree 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.

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.

1 or more years of experience in healthcare, medical device development and design controls process.

1 or more years of experience working with human factors, software & industrial design teams.

Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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

www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

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 www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $83,600.00 – $167,200.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com