Senior UX/UI Product Designer

Key Responsibilities

• Own UX/UI outcomes across multiple programs, ensuring alignment with user needs, engineering constraints, and business objectives
• Lead the design of physical and digital experiences for embedded systems across product lines
• Define and drive UX/UI direction, including interaction models, design patterns, and interface standards
• Serve as the primary decision-maker for UX/UI design within assigned programs
• Champion and evolve scalable UX/UI systems, including behavioral patterns, visual language, and interface conventions
• Influence product decisions through user research, usability data, and human-centered design principles
• Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve complex user, technical, and business challenges
• Advocate for usability, accessibility, and human factors at all stages of development
• Ensure consistency and quality across product families and user experiences
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other designers to elevate overall UX practice

Design Duties

• Lead cross-functional collaboration to define user needs, product opportunities, and experience strategy
• Translate insights, technical constraints, and business goals into clear, actionable UX direction
• Define system-level interaction models, information architecture, and design frameworks
• Establish reusable UX patterns and standards that scale across tools and product categories
• Plan, conduct, and synthesize usability testing; drive implementation of improvements
• Evaluate and refine designs to balance usability, performance, manufacturability, and cost considerations
• Present and defend design decisions with strong rationale to project teams and leadership
• Drive alignment among stakeholders with competing priorities or constraints
• Identify opportunities to improve usability, efficiency, and consistency across the Milwaukee Tool ecosystem
• Ensure UX solutions perform effectively in real-world jobsite conditions (e.g., visibility, durability, ease of use with gloves, environmental factors)
• Stay current on emerging UX methodologies, tools, and industry best practices

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, Industrial Design, or related discipline
• 6–10+ years of UX/UI design experience, preferably spanning physical and digital product experiences
• Portfolio demonstrating advanced expertise in systems thinking, interaction design, and user-centered problem solving
• Proven ability to lead UX efforts across multiple concurrent projects or product lines
• Demonstrated success influencing product direction and cross-functional decision-making
• Strong experience working within complex product development environments (hardware + software)
• Proficiency with Figma, ProtoPie, Adobe Creative Suite, and related tools
• Deep understanding of embedded systems and hardware/software integration constraints
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder alignment skills
• Expertise in usability, accessibility, and human factors design
• Experience designing for real-world use conditions, including physically demanding and dynamic environments
• Occasional travel may be required

Company Information

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.