Senior Human Factors Design Engineer - Minneapolis
About The Position
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. A Day in the Life In this exciting role, you will support the development of next-generation sacral and tibial neuromodulation systems. You'll be responsible for leading user research and human factors engineering deliverables, including use-related risk analysis, formative and summative protocols and reports, and usability engineering summaries. This is a highly collaborative position, working closely with cross-functional partners, including systems design and test/integration, marketing, software, labeling, medical education, etc. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Applies human-centered principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of human-machine systems and products. Develops and implements research methodologies and quantitative and qualitative analysis plans to test and evaluate new concepts and developmental prototypes across all phases of product development and processes. Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of user need investigation, concept exploration/selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification, and formal usability validation with intended users, with design engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements, and to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces and overall user experience. Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs theoretical human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans to inform the design direction of new product development.
Requirements
- Requires a Baccalaureate degree
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience.
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Nice To Haves
- Strong understanding of usability standards (IEC 62366, ANSI HE75, FDA Human Factors Guidance) and a network of external partners in human factors
- Experience designing and validating class III medical devices
- Experience working directly for medical device manufacturers
- Experience as lead on a human factors regulatory submission, US and/or global
- Experience working with devices involving both software and hardware preferred
- Experience leading human factors teams working on complex development programs
Responsibilities
- Applies human-centered principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of human-machine systems and products.
- Develops and implements research methodologies and quantitative and qualitative analysis plans to test and evaluate new concepts and developmental prototypes across all phases of product development and processes.
- Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of user need investigation, concept exploration/selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification, and formal usability validation with intended users, with design engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements, and to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces and overall user experience.
- Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs theoretical human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans to inform the design direction of new product development.
Benefits
- Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
- We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
