Senior Industrial Designer, Robotic Surgical Systems
Global medical-technology company building robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care systems, Bay Area
| Employer | Global medical-technology company building robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care systems, Bay Area (not named) |
|---|---|
| Location | Sunnyvale, CA (Bay Area) · On-site |
| Type & level | Full-time · Senior |
| Pay | Not stated in the posting · BLS median for industrial designers: USD 83,910 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook (2025 national median); the source posting states no pay |
| Visa path | O-1B fit (senior candidates) |
| Role family | Fashion / Industrial / Product Designer |
About the role
This designer joins the user experience group behind a single-port robotic surgery platform that combines robotics, instruments, accessories and workflow tools. The role shapes the physical form of the next generation of systems and refines existing product lines. It works closely with engineering, clinical, human factors and research partners to turn user insight into manufacturable products.
What you'll do
- Frame design problems and define product opportunities using a user-centered process
- Lead industrial design projects, or co-lead them with other designers, and help plan them with design managers
- Turn ergonomic and technical requirements into concepts that balance usability, manufacturability and appeal
- Build low-fidelity and functional appearance prototypes to test design choices
- Take part in user research, usability testing and clinical research labs
- Hand manufacturable design proposals to engineering for production
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional industrial design experience
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Design
- Portfolio showing a human-centered process and products taken from concept to production
- Extensive SolidWorks experience plus strong sketching, rendering and 3D CAD skills
- Solid grasp of materials, manufacturing processes and design for manufacture and assembly
- Ability to travel up to 10 percent of the time for case observation
Nice to have
- Complex surfacing experience in SolidWorks
- Medical device or other regulated product design experience
- Experience leading design efforts from concept to production
- Mentoring other designers
Pay & benefits
Not stated in the posting · BLS median for industrial designers: USD 83,910. The posting does not list benefits.
Pay source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook (2025 national median); the source posting states no pay. Market data, not an offer from O1DMatch.
Visa path
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