- Robot type
- Surgical and Medical
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 25, 2026
Full-time
Senior Interaction Designer
Job description
Interaction Design is a key role at Intuitive, spanning multiple technical disciplines to craft user-friendly experiences for complex medical devices. We bring human-centered design to healthcare innovation and to the development of safe, effective, and confidence-inspiring robotic interfaces.
As a Senior Interaction Designer on the da Vinci team, you will drive design work and product innovation for da Vinci’s multiport and single port systems. You will be involved in all stages of product development from early concepting to final design and implementation, collaborating closely with other designers, Human Factors, engineers, product managers, and clinical experts.
Job responsibilities
- Design world-class physical and digital interfaces, upholding superior design standards and methods to deliver product experiences that push the frontier of human-computer interaction.
- Define the behavior of interactive and intelligent systems , driven by evidence and deep problem understanding. Design macro and micro interactions that communicate system capabilities, state, intent, confidence, and…
- Deliver design solutions that are desirable, feasible and viable, proposing and articulating clear and compelling design solutions with sound rationales.
- Contribute to design documentation and testing , writing clear, comprehensive and detailed user interface specifications for others to build and test against.
Job requirements
- 5+ years of product design or related field experience (in-house, agency, or freelance work)
- Expertise in physical or embedded interaction design (beyond web or mobile app interfaces)
- Proficiency in current design tools and software applications
- Demonstrated expertise across the full design lifecycle, from concept generation and experience definition to detailed interaction design, visual design, motion design, prototyping, and final implementation.
- Experience designing for 3D, spatial, or AR/VR interactions.
- Demonstrated systems thinking and experience designing scalable interaction frameworks across products, workflows, and user journeys.
- Experience designing for complex, intelligent, or highly automated systems where users interact with, supervise, or direct sophisticated system behaviors.
- Ability to design clear system feedback, controls, and interaction models that help users understand system state, intent, capabilities, and limitations.