Principal UX Engineer

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your role at Baxter

The Baxter User Experience (UX) design team supports the global development and advanced technology teams with interaction, visual and industrial design as well as ethnographic research and Human Factors and Usability testing. 

Our designers work collaboratively with stakeholders and customers to research, design and implement competitively differentiated user experience solutions for clinicians and patients.

We are looking for someone who is comfortable working closely with our UX team as well as our cross functional/cross location project teams and be able to function with limited supervision in an Agile software development environment.  A designer in this role will lead, consult and assist development teams in several or all the following areas: visual design, interaction design, usability testing, human factors, user research, information architecture, front end development and design documentation.   They must demonstrate a passion for design, strong collaboration skills and a proficiency in concept development and communication skills.  We are looking for a creative problem solver who is competent in evaluating, selecting, and applying standard user experience principles and processes to recognize, understand and solve user needs.  

Baxter’s goal is to empower clinicians and health systems with the tools to make a difference in patients and clinician’s lives.  We are looking for someone who is passionate about this work, who empathizes with the functional and psychological needs of the people who experience our products first hand.  Someone who approaches problems with an open mind and willingness to test and refine their ideas.

What you will be doing:

• Create user friendly interface designs, adhering to established UI design standards and practices, including Baxter design patterns and guidelines, W3C guidelines, Google Material Design guidelines, Apple Human Interface Guidelines, and Android Design Guidelines. 

• Participate in customer interviews, interactions, and other user research to identify customer needs and wants. 

• Create UI prototypes, which may be used for testing or marketing purposes. 

• Participate in usability research, including creating test plans and scripts, moderating usability test sessions, and writing final reports. 

• Document user experience designs and specifications. 

• Provide UX and design input to cross functional teams, including recommendations for product and process improvements based on UX expertise and knowledge. 

• Act independently with minimal supervision. Apply project team engineering methodologies and tools to manage work and communicate across teams and specialties. 
• Must be able to communicate design intent through storyboards, user-stories, workflows, wireframes and visual designs from low fidelity prototypes through final design assets.

Required Background

• Proficiency with design software such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure, Qt Design Studio
• Bachelors in Human Factors or related field, or equivalent. (User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Human Factors and Usability testing, Design Research) and 5+ years of related work experience. 
• Ability to travel to Baxter and/or customer sites and meet hospital credentialing requirements. 

• A solid understanding of UX design principles. 

• Experience using UI design and prototyping tools, especially advanced figma skills, including creating and using components, variables, auto-layout, and themes. 

• Passion for improving user experiences and willing and able to advocate on behalf of the user and UX standard processes. 

• Ability to explain and document UI designs and decisions, both verbally and in written form. 
• Experience with medical device or other regulated fields preferred. 

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $104,000 to $143,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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