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Senior UX UI Designer roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's engineer and computer systems analyst categories when the position requires specialized design expertise tied to a relevant degree. Canadian citizens can apply at the border or a consulate with no cap; Mexican citizens go through consular processing with an annual allocation.
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Our location in Lake Forest, IL has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Product Designer within our Core Diagnostics Division business. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers. This role is on site daily and is not hybrid.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
The Sr. Product Designer will apply their technical expertise in user-experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design to design and develop point-of-care, medical diagnostic products for Infectious Diseases. They will focus on the user-facing design of product interfaces through the design, prototyping, and testing process. The person hired will closely collaborate with key partner teams, such as human factors, instrument software and industrial design to create easy-to-use and technically feasible diagnostic product systems that deliver a well-considered overall user experience.
- Work with R&D teams and strategic marketing to design and develop user experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design concepts and prototypes for diagnostic product systems based on user-research and product strategy.
- Apply your user experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design skillset to create UX journey maps, task-flow diagrams, UX/UI wireframes & prototypes across phases of the new product development process.
- Lead UX design & UX prototyping for usability studies to uncover user pain points & opportunities for design improvement.
- Plan and conduct usability (UX) testing and evolve the design based on the findings.
- Work with the application development team to implement UX/UI design concepts balancing interaction design, visual design, and technical feasibility.
- Be a critical thinker and creative problem solver who can design and mold unique, differentiated user experiences across desktop, web and mobile.
- Help define, lead, and evolve the Diagnostics Design System to ensure all products are both functionally and visually consistent.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in related area plus 5 years of work experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Previous experience of at least 1 or more years of the following:
- Collaborating with cross-functional project teams to identify key requirements that have an impact to UX/UI Design. Provide strategic guidance related to UX/UI Design including design approach, key considerations, and trade-offs.
- Advocating the goals of UX/UI design across the division through effective communication with leadership and collaborators.
- Coordinating design activities with vendors and consultants to ensure prototypes or design services meet project requirements and milestones.
COMPENSATION
- The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
APPLY NOW
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
INTRODUCTION
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Our location in Lake Forest, IL has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Product Designer within our Core Diagnostics Division business. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers. This role is on site daily and is not hybrid.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
The Sr. Product Designer will apply their technical expertise in user-experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design to design and develop point-of-care, medical diagnostic products for Infectious Diseases. They will focus on the user-facing design of product interfaces through the design, prototyping, and testing process. The person hired will closely collaborate with key partner teams, such as human factors, instrument software and industrial design to create easy-to-use and technically feasible diagnostic product systems that deliver a well-considered overall user experience.
- Work with R&D teams and strategic marketing to design and develop user experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design concepts and prototypes for diagnostic product systems based on user-research and product strategy.
- Apply your user experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design skillset to create UX journey maps, task-flow diagrams, UX/UI wireframes & prototypes across phases of the new product development process.
- Lead UX design & UX prototyping for usability studies to uncover user pain points & opportunities for design improvement.
- Plan and conduct usability (UX) testing and evolve the design based on the findings.
- Work with the application development team to implement UX/UI design concepts balancing interaction design, visual design, and technical feasibility.
- Be a critical thinker and creative problem solver who can design and mold unique, differentiated user experiences across desktop, web and mobile.
- Help define, lead, and evolve the Diagnostics Design System to ensure all products are both functionally and visually consistent.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in related area plus 5 years of work experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Previous experience of at least 1 or more years of the following:
- Collaborating with cross-functional project teams to identify key requirements that have an impact to UX/UI Design. Provide strategic guidance related to UX/UI Design including design approach, key considerations, and trade-offs.
- Advocating the goals of UX/UI design across the division through effective communication with leadership and collaborators.
- Coordinating design activities with vendors and consultants to ensure prototypes or design services meet project requirements and milestones.
COMPENSATION
- The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
APPLY NOW
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Senior UX UI Designer
Frame your portfolio around systems thinking
TN officers evaluating a Senior UX UI Designer role want evidence of specialty-occupation-level work. Organize your portfolio to show design systems, scalable component libraries, and cross-functional decisions, not just finished screens.
Verify your degree maps to the role
TN approval depends on a direct link between your degree field and the job duties. A degree in graphic design supporting a systems-focused UX role can draw scrutiny; request a detailed job description from your employer that aligns duties to your credential before filing.
Target employers experienced with visa sponsorship
Tech companies, enterprise software firms, and large financial institutions have experience with visa sponsorship and understand the work visa process. Look for employers with recent visa filings in your field, then focus your outreach there. Many of these companies are familiar with supporting international talent and can help facilitate the TN visa process, which requires an employer support letter and presentation of your credentials at a U.S. port of entry.
Negotiate the offer letter before signing
The TN offer letter is a legal document, not a formality. Make sure it specifies your exact job title, the relevant TN category, your degree requirement, and that duties are stated at the senior specialist level, not generalized management language.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers fast
Searching broadly for UX roles wastes time on employers who won't sponsor. Migrate Mate filters Senior UX UI Designer jobs by TN visa sponsorship willingness, so your applications go to employers already prepared to support the filing process.
Prepare for Canadian border vs. consular processing differences
Canadians can apply for TN status directly at a U.S. port of entry the day of hire with the full document package. Mexican citizens must schedule a consular interview and account for wait times, so your employer needs to build that lead time into the start date.
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Find Senior UX UI Designer JobsSenior UX UI Designer TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior UX UI Designer role qualify for TN visa sponsorship?
Yes, but the classification depends on how the role is structured. TN visa approvals for design roles typically fall under the Computer Systems Analyst or Engineer category, which requires a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. Roles focused on interaction design or product systems with engineering overlap tend to qualify more cleanly than generalist creative roles. Your employer's job description needs to reflect specialty-level duties tied to your credential.
How does TN visa sponsorship compare to H-1B for Senior UX UI Designer jobs?
TN has no annual lottery and no cap for Canadian citizens, so you can start a role as soon as the petition is approved or you clear the border. H-1B requires entering an annual lottery with roughly a one-in-four selection rate. For Canadians especially, TN is a faster and more predictable path. Mexican citizens face an annual TN allocation, but it's still processed through the consulate without a lottery.
What documents does my employer need to provide for TN sponsorship?
Your employer must provide a signed offer letter that names the TN visa category, describes your duties at the specialist level, states the degree requirement for the role, confirms the position is temporary in nature, and lists your start date and compensation. For Canadian applicants crossing at the border, this letter goes directly to Customs and Border Protection. For Mexican applicants, it accompanies the DS-160 and consular package.
Where can I find Senior UX UI Designer jobs that already offer TN visa sponsorship?
Most generic job boards don't filter by visa sponsorship type, so you end up applying to roles where the employer hasn't thought through TN at all. Migrate Mate is built specifically for TN-sponsored roles, letting you search Senior UX UI Designer positions where employers are already open to sponsoring Canadian and Mexican professionals, which saves significant time in the job search.
Can I switch employers on a TN visa if I get a better offer?
Yes. TN status is employer-specific, so changing jobs requires your new employer to file a fresh TN petition or, for Canadian citizens, you can reapply at the border with the new offer letter. There's no formal portability provision as with H-1B, so you generally need to complete the new filing before your start date with the new employer. Plan the transition timeline with both employers to avoid a gap in work authorization.
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