Overview
Design Strategy
| Product Lifecycle
| Stakeholder Management
| Case Study
At Siemens Healthineers, reducing product-line carbon footprints is a key priority, with large imaging equipment offering opportunities in both energy use and hospital management. In 2025, I joined the Innovation Center, collaborating with experts and hospital teams to deliver out-of-the-box, research-driven product proposals that earned strong recognition.
Client:
Siemens Healthineers
Industry:
MedTech, B2B
Role:
Product Designer
Timeline:
2025 Summer
Designing medical devices and hospital services for carbon reduction
Sustainable Design for Siemens Healthineers
Context @Siemens Healthineers
Responsible for reducing carbon across the product lifecycle
Design Objectives
Swiftly implement tailored sustainable solutions, leveraging benchmark industry practices
Drawing from sustainable practices in benchmark industries, our project aims to swiftly develop and implement feasible solutions tailored to our needs. focus encompasses: 1) Enhancing healthcare service contribution; 2) Developing solutions/toolchains for sustainability; 3) Refining product design & manufacture.
What did I Work On?
Stakeholder Map
Navigating stakeholders in the cycle
Coordinated across Siemens departments to align on decarbonization needs and product line status, while engaging with external hospitals to identify requirements and potential deployment opportunities.
Innovation Center
technical & cost feedback
clinical needs & feedback
task allocation & support
requirements & implementation
BT5 & BL Experts
(CT / XP / Procuremrnt)
(BL R&D / PS / SHIC & IS&O)
Implementation Team
(Equipment / Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Dpt., etc.)
Hospital Department
Design Workshop
Grounded in brainstorming with industry experts
Organized collegues from CT, XP, AT, US to work on collaborative whiteboard, brainstorming the categories of carbon-reduction in product line, and the PAST & FUTURE of each behavior within category.
catogories
CT
Past
Future
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Future
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AT
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Case Study
Learning and drawing inspiration from industry benchmark practices
Conduct sustainable development-oriented product improvement, including environmental material selection, energy-saving design and structural upgradability enhancement.
Scouting
Deep dive
Thermal Management
Power
Supply
Lifecycle
Tracking
Package
Design
Structure
Design
Material
Using
36 cases across industry
7 focus analyses
Automotive
Consumer
Electronics
Home/
Furniture
Medical/Industrial/Logistics/Apparel/Cloud Service...
medical system
targeted solution
other industry mature practice
Migrate & Innovate
Effect-Impact Compass
Aligning research insights with business goals
The project targets FY25 with one or two business lines as pilots, focusing on mature, cost-effective solutions. Within the Innovation Center, proposals are screened by ROI, technical difficulty, and commercial impact. The impact–effort compass ensures clear prioritization: high-impact, feasible ideas rise to the top.
high impact
low impact
low effort
high effort
Conceptualization
Concept Design & Dissemination
Two of my proposals passed internal screening. By clear prototype schemes, I disseminated the research findings and concept designs to relevant teams and demonstrated initial testing, which led into the implementation phase.
(Concept design content details omitted for confidentiality)
Scouting
Deep dive
Conceptualization
Implementation
36 cases across industry
7 focus analyses
2 design proposals
How I Grow From Here?
Stakeholder management is crucial
Effective stakeholder management means anticipating needs and expectations, even when they are not explicitly voiced. Designers must navigate this ongoing cycle of communication to align perspectives and maintain trust.
Uncovering the Unspoken
When stakeholders remain silent, the key is to create opportunities for authentic expression. By designing workshops that place users in their everyday work context rather than exam-like Q&A sessions, we can uncover deeper insights and more genuine design perspectives.
Aligning Human-Centered Insights with Business Goals
Design research should not only focus on people’s needs but also address business priorities. Bridging human-centered insights with organizational objectives helps overcome misalignment and ensures that research findings translate into tangible impact.
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