Available for Senior UX Leadership Roles

Human
Factors
Lead

Sr. Usability & Human Factors · CoE Specialist · Pune, India

14+ years architecting safety-critical interfaces where a single UX error can cost lives — from industrial IoT to fintech to aerospace. I build the design infrastructure that enterprises rely on.

14+ Years Experience
9 Industries
40% Avg. Efficiency Gain
UX
Banking & Finance
Industrial IoT
Electronics
e-Mobility
Energy
Oil & Gas
Aerospace
Hydraulics
Safety-Critical
Bhagwat Indurkar
Sr. Usability & Human Factors Lead
Pune, India
Core Competencies
What I Do Best

A systems-level thinker who operates at the intersection of cognitive psychology, safety engineering, and enterprise design strategy.

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Usability Engineering
Human Factors methodology for safety-critical environments — where cognitive failure has operational consequences.
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Design Systems & CoE
Building scalable Figma-based design systems and Center of Excellence frameworks across global, multi-timezone teams.
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Research & Validation
Cognitive walkthroughs, heuristic evaluations, A/B testing, and data-driven usability validation at enterprise scale.
Accessibility & Ethics
WCAG compliance, universal design thinking, and ethical AI interface frameworks for regulated industries.
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Cognitive Psychology
Applying mental model theory, cognitive load reduction, and decision support design to high-stakes interfaces.
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Regulatory Alignment
Translating compliance requirements (ISO, IEC, FDA, WCAG) into actionable UX standards for regulated pipelines.
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Stakeholder Management
RACI alignment, cross-functional liaison, and executive evangelism to secure design investment and authority.
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Global Team Mentorship
Leading and upskilling distributed international design teams with accountability frameworks and quality benchmarks.
Selected Work

Five end-to-end projects demonstrating applied Human Factors strategy across safety-critical and regulated industries.

02
Enterprise Design · Multi-org
Establishing a Usability
Center of Excellence

Fragmented design processes across multiple product lines created inconsistent user experiences and compliance gaps. A central quality authority was needed across time zones.

100% Ethical Design Compliance
CoE Framework Built
Design Systems Figma CoE Accessibility-First Governance
03
Fintech · Curatal
AI Trust & Psychological
Safety in Automated Finance

Users lacked trust in AI-driven financial decision systems. Without explainability, adoption stalled and support burden grew — a critical risk in regulated fintech.

25% Fewer Support Queries
User Trust Score
Explainable AI Conversational UX Ethical AI Fintech
04
Banking · OneWallet One World
Accessibility-First Global
Fintech Onboarding

Low conversion rates due to non-inclusive, complex global onboarding flows across diverse demographics, languages, and literacy levels.

40% Onboarding Efficiency
Global Conversion
Universal Design User Research Persona Development WCAG
05
Industrial · Eaton Vtouch
Heuristic Evaluation of
Mission-Critical Legacy Systems

Legacy industrial control interfaces posed quantifiable risk of operator error in mission-critical hydraulic and electrical systems — error could mean equipment loss or injury.

Error Risk Mitigated
Award-Winning Redesign
Heuristic Evaluation Usability Testing Legacy Modernisation Safety Engineering
Experience
Career Timeline

A continuous progression from hands-on UX engineering through to strategic leadership and institutional design authority.

Sept 2022
— Present
Curatal
Lead UX Designer
  • Architected end-to-end usability strategies for regulated fintech platforms, delivering a 40% improvement in onboarding efficiency through error-resistant, cognitive-load-aware workflows.
  • Led integration of Ethical AI interfaces — ensuring transparency and "psychological safety" for users interacting with automated financial systems.
  • Established a CoE approach via scalable Figma design systems, mentoring junior designers across time zones with consistent quality benchmarks.
Feb 2022
— Sept 2022
Tech Mahindra
Lead UX Design & Development
  • Applied Cognitive Psychology and prompt engineering to optimise human-machine interactions, reducing cognitive load in enterprise digital transformation tools.
  • Navigated complex stakeholder environments, aligning design goals with engineering constraints — ensuring usability was never sacrificed for technical convenience.
Jul 2010
— Sept 2021
Eaton Technologies
Senior Analyst — UX Design (11 Years)
  • Spearheaded design for Brightlayer (Industrial IoT) and Vtouch — safety-critical platforms requiring real-time data visualisation where usability directly impacts operational safety.
  • Conducted extensive heuristic evaluations and formal usability testing to identify and mitigate high-risk interaction points across industrial control interfaces.
  • Received the E-Star Award (Europe) for excellence in design innovation and customer-centric usability solutions across the industrial product suite.
Domain Expertise
Industries Served

Deep, applied experience in nine high-stakes verticals — not just visual design, but regulatory, cognitive, and operational knowledge of each domain.

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Banking & Finance
Onboarding flows, AI-driven dashboards, regulatory compliance UX, and fraud-aware interaction design for global fintech platforms.
Industrial IoT & Energy
Real-time data visualisation for power management systems (Eaton Brightlayer). Operator safety, alert hierarchy design, and mission-critical dashboards.
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Electronics & Manufacturing
Control panel UX, industrial HMI design, and production monitoring interfaces where operator error has measurable safety consequence.
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e-Mobility & Transportation
Fleet management dashboards, EV charging UX, and sustainable transportation platform design focused on real-time operational clarity.
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Oil & Gas
Marketplace and field operations platform design (Seam Energy) — navigating high-compliance, high-consequence UX environments with complex user populations.
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Aerospace
Mission-critical interface principles, situational awareness design, and cognitive load management for aerospace monitoring and control systems.
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Hydraulics & Industrial
Legacy system UX modernisation (Eaton Vtouch) for hydraulic control interfaces — reducing operator error in high-force, safety-regulated environments.
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Healthcare & MedTech
Patient safety interface principles, clinical workflow design (Q-Health), and accessibility-first design for diverse medical user populations.
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Enterprise & Government
Large-scale ERP UX, multi-stakeholder digital transformation, and complex workflow redesign for enterprise organisations and regulated government systems.
Technical Skills
Tools & Methods

A practitioner's toolkit spanning research methodology, design tooling, and cognitive frameworks.

UX Methods
Heuristic Evaluation
97%
Usability Testing
95%
Cognitive Walkthrough
93%
Persona Development
90%
A/B Testing
88%
Accessibility (WCAG)
92%
Tools & Platforms
Figma
98%
Adobe XD
90%
Miro
88%
Jira / Agile
85%
OpenAI / Azure AI
80%
Design Systems
96%
Recognition
Awards & Leadership

A track record of recognised excellence across safety, design innovation, and organisational leadership.

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E-Star Award (Europe)
Eaton Technologies
Awarded for excellence in design innovation and customer-centric usability solutions across the Eaton industrial product suite — highest design honour at Eaton EMEA.
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Masterclass in Digital Product Design
UX Research & UI
Advanced certification in UX Research methodology and interface design, complementing a Bachelor's in Computer Science with applied human-factors practice.
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Global Cross-timezone Team Builder
Curatal · Eaton
Built and led distributed international design teams across Europe, India, and the Americas — instilling design quality culture and accountability frameworks remotely.
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Safety Design Gatekeeper
Multi-org
Appointed as the final "escalation path" for user safety concerns across product pipelines — championing ethical design as a regulatory and moral imperative.
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Insight Evangelist
Cross-functional Leadership
Convinced senior stakeholders of the business value of inclusive design through data-driven research — securing increased funding for usability initiatives across multiple organisations.
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Crisis UX Stabiliser
Global Fintech Transition
Parachuted in as senior resource to stabilise UX strategy during critical platform transition — delivering under high pressure while maintaining design quality standards.
Safety isn't a feature. It's the foundation every interface must be built upon.
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Cognitive Safety First. Every interface decision is evaluated through the lens of cognitive load, error recovery, and mental model alignment — not just aesthetics.
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Design for the Worst Case. In industrial, medical, and financial systems, I design for the fatigued operator at 3am — not the refreshed tester in a lab.
03
Systems Thinking. Individual screens don't exist in isolation. I design the entire information architecture, feedback loop, and failure state — not just the happy path.
04
Evidence Beats Opinion. Every design decision I champion is backed by usability data, cognitive research, or validated testing — never just intuition.
Let's Work Together

Open to Senior UX Lead, Human Factors Director, and CoE Leadership roles in Banking, Finance, IoT, Energy, Aerospace, and Industrial sectors.

Email bhagwatindurkar@gmail.com
Location Pune, India
Experience 14+ Years
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