Principal UX/UI Designer - Pelvic Health at Medtronic in Fridley, Minnesota

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 Apr 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Careers that Change Lives

We are currently looking for a Principal UX/UI Designer to join our User Experience team. The Pelvic Health Operating unit specializes in providing innovative solutions for patients suffering from overactive bladder, non-obstructive urinary retention and fecal incontinence with sacral neuromodulation and percutaneous tibial neuromodulation. Click here to learn more about Medtronic's Pelvic Health technologies and treatments.

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds and their individual life experiences to work every day. It's no accident - we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it's the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

This position can be remote from anywhere within the United States or work a hybrid schedule with 3 days onsite at our Fridley, Minnesota location.

In this exciting role as the Principal UX/UI Designer, you will be responsible for the development of our next generation Pelvic Health platform. You'll lead a team of skilled UI/UX designers and human factors engineers to apply human centered principles to the design of implantable neuromodulation systems and the mobile and web-based applications that control them.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Lead and collaborate with a team of UI, UX, human factors, system designers and software designers to conceptualize, design, and iterate on products that empower clinicians and patients utilizing neurostimulation implants.


• Facilitate working sessions, brainstorming, design reviews and collaborative design meetings.


• Generate and maintain user personas, journey and experience maps, and contribute to definition of jobs to be done.


• Design and conduct generative research with users, supporting the translation of user/customer needs into design concepts.


• Design and conduct formative usability studies to ensure designs enable the safe and effective use of products.


• Identify potential use errors and recommend design changes to mitigate.


• Design and conduct summative usability studies to confirm safe and effective use of the product.


• Design and conduct real world testing to ensure launched product has met user needs and supports an excellent user experience.


• Work closely with the product development and marketing teams to ensure products support stakeholder needs.


• Develop and support standard operating procedures and practices.


• Be comfortable with frequent customer contact and demonstrate knowledge of the customer journey.


• Consider technology, platforms, and architecture while applying human-centered techniques in design approaches.


• Collaborate across Medtronic and the Industry to improve practices within the organization.


• 25% or less domestic travel.

Must Have - Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile and on your resume .

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.


• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience or advanced degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in design/user experience/human factors or related field and minimum of 7+ years of experience in conducting user research, identifying insights and opportunities, and collaborating with cross-functional partners to design the user experience for products.


• Experience designing and validating class III medical devices.


• Experience working with devices involving both software and hardware preferred


• Experience leading UX/UI designers and human factors teams working on complex development programs.


• Experience using Figma, Miro, UX Research platforms such as Dovetail or Great Question.


• Experience collaborating with external design firms.

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.

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):$142,400.00 - $213,600.00

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.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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