UX UI Designer Medical Device (Hybrid Arden Hills, MN) Contract-to-Hire

UX/UI DesignerJob Summary: We are seeking an exceptional, experienced, and self-driven UX/UI Designer to craft intuitive, interactive, and user-centered experiences for internal business tools and applications. You'll be joining a nimble, high-impact, internal team that operates like a startup within the enterprise—developing solutions that streamline workflows, surface insights, and empower teams across the company. We embrace an MVP (minimum viable product) mindset—delivering high-value features quickly while maintaining a long-term vision. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping how our tools look and feel, ensuring usability, clarity, and visual polish at every stage of development.You will have a proven track record of: Owning design from concept to implementation – You will drive the design process end-to-end: from working with customers and wireframes to interactive prototypes and handoff to developers. Designing for data-heavy environments – You can design clean, actionable interfaces for dashboards, metric pages, and applications with complex data visualizations and user flows. Delivering quickly and thoughtfully – You balance speed and quality, iterating quickly while documenting designs clearly and preparing development-ready assets. Collaborating deeply with cross-functional teams – You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and end users to ensure designs meet business needs and user expectations.Key Skills & Tools Must-haves: • Figma expert – You're fast, fluent, and opinionated with components, auto-layout, prototyping, and developer handoff. • Bootstrap familiarity – You understand the Bootstrap grid and components well enough to design with its constraints in mind. • Portfolio of UX/UI work – Demonstrates experience designing business applications, dashboards, or complex tools. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered. • Experience designing for interactivity and data – You've designed charts, graphs, tables, and interactive UI components.Key Skills & Tools Nice-to-haves: • Basic understanding of frontend technologies like HTML/CSS/JavaScript or frameworks like Vue.js to improve collaboration with developers. • Familiarity with REST APIs and designing user flows around dynamic data. • Experience working in Agile or MVP environments. • Experience in usability testing and rapid prototyping.Soft Skills That Will Set You Apart • Strong communication & collaboration – You'll interact with stakeholders of all backgrounds and must translate business needs into usable, beautiful designs. • Empathy for users – You understand how to design for non-technical internal users and build tools that make their lives easier. • Adaptability – You're ready to pivot when needs shift, and you thrive in ambiguity.Other Good-to-Haves: • Experience working with developers via tools like GitLab, Jira, or Slack. • Understanding of lean design practices and shipping iteratively with feedback. • Previous experience in designing enterprise applications, internal tools, or complex business systems.Details: • Schedule: 06:00:AM - 02:30:PM • Work Setup: Hybrid - Arden Hills, MN • Contract Length: 12 Months (Contract to Hire) • Travel: Not required • Team Structure: Tight-knit, cross-functional team working in fast-paced cycles • Start Date: ASAP