UX Designer, Clinical & Patient Applications (Contract)

The Opportunity

This is a 1099 independent contractor engagement focused on delivering high-quality UX artifacts that support product development and regulated medical device documentation. We are seeking a contract UI/UX designer with medical-device human factors experience to lead discovery and interaction design for our clinician-facing and patient-facing software applications, which support a brain-computer interface (BCI) system.

We work directly with our medical science team, partnering with clinicians and patients to capture clinical workflows, patient journeys, intended use environments, and use-related needs for both clinician and patient software applications. Your responsibilities include:

• Partner with the medical science team to capture clinical workflows, patient journeys, intended use environments, and use-related needs for both clinician and patient software applications.
• Document the users, use environments, and core tasks that anchor downstream human factors work.
• Collaborate with the team to identify use errors and hazard-related use scenarios, providing inputs to use-related risk analysis.
• Define workflows and structure for the clinician software application (e.g., configuration, session management, progress monitoring) and the patient software application (e.g., therapy feedback, device status, home-based guidance, safety alerts).
• Produce low-to-mid fidelity wireframes and interaction patterns for key workflows, sufficient to drive product requirements without locking high-fidelity visual design.
• Document decisions and supporting research so the work feeds product requirements and the design history file, and survives handoff rather than living as tribal knowledge.

Qualifications

• Experience in regulated medical device, digital health, or healthcare UX.
• Experience designing clinician- and/or patient-facing software, with an understanding of clinical workflows and constraints.
• Ability to translate input from medical and scientific stakeholders into clear user needs and design artifacts.
• Strong UX fundamentals, including user research, task analysis, workflow mapping, information architecture, and wireframing (Figma or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience applying IEC 62366-1 and FDA human factors guidance to software applications used in regulated medical devices.
• Experience producing regulated, audit-ready design documentation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Neurotechnology, BCI, neuro-rehabilitation, or active/implantable device experience.
• Patient-facing Android app design, or home-use medical device UX.
• Safety-critical alerting and notification design.
• Data or signal visualization (physiological or time-series data).
• Accessibility (WCAG) for clinical and patient populations.
• Prior experience handing design off to an in-house engineering team.

Engagement Details

• Engagement Type: Independent Contractor (1099)
• Location: Remote (U.S. preferred), with availability during Pacific Time business hours.
• Duraton: Initial engagement of approximately two months, with the potential for ongoing part-time support based on project needs.
• Structure: Deliverables-based engagement with flexible scheduling.