• Director Design Engineering

    HCA Healthcare (Nashville, TN)


    Description

    This position is incentive eligible.

     

    Introduction

     

    Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Director Design Engineering? At HCA Healthcare, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

     

    Benefits

     

    HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

     

    + Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

    + Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

    + Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

    + 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

    + Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

    + Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

    + Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

    + Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

    + Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

    + Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

    + Colleague recognition program

    + Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

    + Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

     

    Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

     

    _Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

     

    You contribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our patients’ lives and you have the opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicated Director Design Engineering like you to be a part of our team.

     

    Job Summary and Qualifications

     

    We’re seeking a Director, Design Engineering to lead the intersection of design and engineering. This player-coach leadership role is both strategic and hands-on, responsible for defining the vision and establishing best practices for prototyping across the organization. You’ll lead and mentor a team in creating interactive, testable proof-of-concept prototypes that validate ideas early with users and stakeholders. In close collaboration with design, engineering, and product leaders, you’ll drive the development of user-centered experiences across web and mobile platforms, thoughtfully applying AI technologies where they add value. By championing a lean design system approach, you’ll ensure consistency, scalability, and efficiency—accelerating innovation, minimizing risk, and enabling faster, more informed product decisions.

    What you will do in this role:

    + Bridge design and engineering to deliver functional, testable MVPs faster through interactive, clickable prototypes.

    + Use a hybrid design-engineering approach to reduce time-to-delivery and drive real product impact—not just design output.

    + Rapidly prototype and iterate based on user feedback, product goals, and technical constraints.

    + Leverage AI and emerging technologies to explore smarter, scalable user experiences.

    + Implement and scale a lean design system to ensure consistency, reduce rework, and avoid reinventing the wheel.

    + Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to shape and validate early-stage concepts.

    + Focus on execution of functional MVPs while ensuring usability and WCAG 2.2 AAA accessibility to accelerate learning and de-risk decisions.

    + Create reusable prototype demo components and patterns to support speed and consistency across teams.

    + Contribute hands-on to front-end development to minimize design handoff friction and reduce the need for excessive documentation and communication with the development team.

    What qualifications you will need:

    + Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field – Required

    + Master’s degree - Preferred

    + 10+ years in UX, product design, design system or front-end development

    + Mastery in prototyping, design, and front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React), Git and CI/CD

    + Strong experience in building design systems, design tokens, and publishing NPM packages

    + Experience with hands-on AI API development using GenAI

    + Portfolio of work for review will be expected during the interview process

    Location/Schedule:

    + Nashville, TN area (near Centennial Park)

    + Onsite: M-F

    Travel Required:

    + This job may require up to 25% travel.

    Visa Sponsorship:

    + Not Offered

     

    "Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

     

    HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

     

    We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Director Design Engineering opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. **Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!**

     

    We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.