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Our engineers and designers work across robotics, software, hardware, machine learning, and clinical operations to bring robotic systems from concept to real-world deployment. We are a small, highly collaborative team that values ownership, curiosity, craft, and the ability to move quickly from idea to execution.\nThe Role\nWe are looking for a creative UX Designer who thinks like an artist and is comfortable at the intersection of hardware and software. This is not a traditional product design role. You will design the experience through which surgeons control a surgical robot via an iPad, making complex real-time interactions feel intuitive, responsive, and human. Think of it like designing a game where every interaction has real consequences. If the surgeon pushes on tissue, the interface needs to respond visually, the way a game gives you feedback when you hit something. That level of craft and psychological thinking about interaction is what we are looking for.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDesign the touchscreen interface that lets surgeons control the robot intuitively in real time.\nCreate visual feedback systems that communicate robot state, tissue interaction, and surgical progress clearly and immediately.\nConduct user research with surgeons to understand their mental models, workflows, and pain points.\nRapidly prototype and iterate on interaction concepts, from rough sketches to high-fidelity mockups.\nWork across both 2D and 3D, designing dynamic interfaces with animation and motion, not static screens.\nCollaborate closely with hardware and software engineers to translate design intent into a working product.\nDefine and maintain design guidelines for the surgical interface.\nWhat We’re Looking For\n3 to 4 years of experience in UX, interaction design, or a related creative field.\nA strong portfolio that demonstrates thoughtful, high-craft work. This is the main thing we evaluate, more than years of experience.\nExperience designing something genuinely impressive, ideally involving hardware-software interaction.\nReal ability across both 2D and 3D design, including dynamic interfaces, animation, and how interactions feel to the user.\nExperience conducting user research. You should have done user research before and know how to translate insights into design decisions.\nComfort working in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment where the scope evolves.\nNice to Have\nBackground in game design or mobile game development.\nBackground at animation studios.\nExperience with Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar interactive tools.\niOS or mobile app design experience.\nWhat This Role Is Not\nThis is not a front-end coding role. 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