Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

Industrial Designers at Intuitive help design next-generation products and solutions for robotic surgery systems and refine and evolve existing product lines. They are very hands-on, helping to translate user insight into actionable design opportunities and successful user experiences.

As a natural collaborator, the Industrial designer will work with our process partners (engineering, clinical development, human factors, user research, and marketing) on the framing and definition of future product opportunities. Focusing on the physical aspects of the product, she/he employs a growing understanding of user needs, ergonomics, form, proportion, color, materials, and manufacturing processes to transform complex technical designs into elegant forms that are usable, beautiful, and manufacturable. With an ability to explore, prototype and test a wide range of new ideas, the industrial designer visualizes opportunities to help build consensus on the right path forward. The industrial designer is a natural storyteller and creates compelling presentations illustrating new user benefits and opportunities for Intuitive.

Essential Job Duties

The industrial designer contributes to the definition and design of new products at Intuitive. Working with senior designers and partners, the industrial designer creates innovative human-centered design solutions that will improve user experience.

Learns and employs a user-centered design process to help frame problems and define opportunities.
Collaborates with other Product Design team members to contribute to the design of compelling, integrated user experiences.
Utilizes a range of creative 2D and 3D tools and techniques to develop design proposals.
With support from senior team members, distills technical and ergonomic requirements and develops a range of solutions that synthesize usability, utility, manufacturability, and desirability.
Works with product development and engineering partners and fellow designers early in the product development lifecycle to generate conceptual product designs and opportunities
Combines industrial design objectives with the objectives of our process partners.
Translates and captures brand attributes in compelling physical forms.
Generates functional and/or appearance prototypes to explore and validate design choices conceptually.
Participates in user research, usability testing, and clinical research labs
Delivers design proposals to engineering for production and executes with support from senior ID team members.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

Has a passion for designing meaningful, revolutionary products that make an impact on people’s lives
Is curious about user behaviors and has an eagerness to learn in a lab environment
Is excited to work on difficult problems with a dedicated team of high-energy, high-caliber people
Has a natural aptitude for teamwork, thriving on brainstorming and presenting
Has experience supporting or driving projects from concept to production
Is a highly creative problem solver
Is eager to learn from other designers and contribute to the culture of the team
Seeks guidance and information but can also work and solve problems independently
Takes a bias toward action and an eagerness to support the team and the project
Employs healthy organization and communication habits, making you a responsive team player
Has solid aesthetic sensibility and artistic skill
Has an incurable curiosity relating to all things design
Has experience collaborating with engineering or business counterparts through educational or internship experiences

Required Education and Training

Current enrollment in a bachelors, or masters of industrial design/product design degree program.

University Hiring Program Eligibility Requirements

University Enrollment: Must be currently enrolled in and returning to an accredited degree-seeking academic program in the Fall.
Internship Work Period: Must be available to work full-time (approximately 40 hours per week) during a 10-12 week period starting May or June. Specific start dates are shared during the recruiting process.

Preferred Skills And Experience

Strong storytelling and presentation skills and an ability to effectively communicate a user-centered point of view
An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates human-centered design process and core industrial design skills
Effective rapid prototyping skills, including quick low-fi foam models to fabricating more complex functional prototypes and 3D prints
Solid and growing 2D visualization skills, including sketching, storyboarding, and digital rendering
Solid 3D CAD and visualization skills to develop detailed and compelling design solutions
Experience with SolidWorks is preferred
A basic understanding of materials, manufacturing processes

Additional Information

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

EEO and AA Policy

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay (paid at an hourly rate), benefits, and a housing allowance. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including relevant skills and experience for this internship, degree-seeking academic program (PhD, Master’s, Bachelor’s, etc), year in school, and location. The hourly rate is prorated against the intern program salaries listed and total program compensation will be based on internship duration.

Base Salary Range Region 1:$62,400 - $93,600

Base Salary Range Region 2: $54,080 - $81,120

Shift: Day

Travel: None

Workplace Type: Onsite - This job is fully onsite.

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