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The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm.
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About The Role
As a Sr. UX/UI Designer, your role will be at the intersection of design and innovation. As part of the Cardiac Ablation Solutions team, you will work with a team of product managers, clinical specialists, engineers, and designers, guiding the design of our products, and shaping what amazing experiences look and feel like from a user perspective. You will work with a cross-functional team to understand strategic priorities and goals, and create design solutions that help meet those goals. As a Sr. UX/UI Designer you are a master of your craft, bringing your design vision to the team and creating exciting design solutions that help us transform the cardiac ablation space, with product experience at the core. Your curiosity, passion for human-centric design, and problem-solving prowess will be pivotal to your success.
You are comfortable with a highly collaborative, fast paced work environment and are able to respond to changing needs, successfully advancing in several different work streams ranging from prototyping new features, integration with other Medtronic software and hardware products, and delivery of software releases into investigational and pre-clinical studies.
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Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• You will help develop a clear product design vision, anchored to our overall product marketing strategy and our purpose as an organization, ensuring there is a strong connection and understanding of this vision within the team

• You will ensure there is a constant and holistic focus on the customer experience and work to ensure you deliver the highest standards of design and experiences across all customer touch points

• You will help evolve the product design organization to meet our needs now and in the future. You will lead on this journey to maturity, ensuring the team and stakeholders are connected, inspired and fully engaged in this journey

• You will continually develop a deep understanding of the full eco-system of our customers (patients, clinicians, payor) and how product design can create the most value at an overall experience level (removing barriers of hardware / software / customer type)

• You will work in strong collaboration and active partnership with the software development team, ensuring you are prioritizing product design tasks to where there is the highest contribution and value against our strategy and roadmap

• You have a passion for building a culture of design quality, instilling a shared responsibility across the broader team to achieve design excellence

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree concentration in HCI, Cognitive Psychology, Interactive Design or related field

• Expert-level knowledge of Figma and Jira

• Experience collaborating with a hardware team on the development of a combined software/hardware product

• Experience with medical device design and knowledge of FDA and IEC design guidelines

• Demonstrable experience in crafting innovative solutions using techniques such as design thinking, human centered design, service design, UX/UI design, systems thinking, analytical thinking, and storytelling

• Proven ability to deliver value in a complex and changing environment. Able to influence and build strong credibility with diverse and challenging stakeholder group

• Excellent communication skills. Highly reliable to meet tight project deadlines while juggling many competing priorities

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
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Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$124,800.00 - $187,200.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
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