Sr Human Factors Design Eng.

Medtronic • Lafayette, CO

12h • Onsite

About The Position

At Medtronic, you can embark on a life-long career of exploration and innovation, championing healthcare access and equity. This role involves leading with purpose and breaking down barriers to innovation in a connected, compassionate world. Medtronic prioritizes putting patients first, bringing bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness. The company fosters a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration, requiring a minimum of 4 days a week onsite. As a Senior Human Factors Design Engineer, you will lead human factors and usability activities throughout the design, development, and sustaining engineering phases for innovative physiologic sensing technologies. Your primary goal will be to ensure Medtronic products meet user needs and regulatory requirements through rigorous user research, Voice of Customer (VOC) collection, and usability evaluations, ultimately driving safe, effective, and intuitive solutions. This position may require up to 25% travel, primarily local and domestic, with occasional international trips.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent foreign degree)
• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years of human factors engineering experience OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of human factors engineering experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience in human factors engineering within the medical device industry
• Familiarity with global human factors guidance and regulatory standards (e.g., IEC 62366, ANSI/AAMI HE75, FDA Human Factors Guidance, NMPA, and other international equivalents).
• Experience conducting and moderating formative and summative usability evaluations.
• Experience working with clinical users and understanding of clinical use environments.
• Experience supporting sustaining engineering and VOC collection.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with autonomy, manage multiple projects, and influence outcomes through technical expertise
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and detail orientation skills.
• Ability to prioritize workload independently

Responsibilities

• Serve as the human factors lead on cross-functional project teams focused on sensor design, development, and sustaining engineering for physiologic sensing technologies.
• Plan, conduct, moderate, and analyze formative and summative usability evaluations—including simulated use studies.
• Lead in-depth interviews, field observations, and surveys—to assess user needs and validate product safety and effectiveness.
• Help collect and synthesize Voice of Customer (VOC) feedback from clinicians, patients, and stakeholders to inform design direction and requirements development.
• Collaborate on sustaining engineering activities by evaluating use-related risks, assessing the impact of product updates or changes, and ensuring continued compliance with user needs and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, marketing, regulatory, and quality teams to develop and refine user requirements, user needs, use cases, and system specifications for sensor products.
• Write and maintain usability engineering documentation (use specifications, use related risk analyses, study protocols, and test reports) to support regulatory submissions and internal design controls.
• Analyze data from usability studies to identify root causes of use errors and drive actionable improvements in sensor system design and user interfaces.
• Prepare and present findings, recommendations, and usability impact analyses to product teams and leadership.
• Ensure usability engineering activities are planned, executed, and reported in accordance with relevant standards (IEC 62366, ANSI/AAMI HE75, FDA Human Factors Guidance, and other global guidance).
• Manage schedules and status updates for usability engineering activities within sensor development projects.
• Mentor and provide technical Human Factors guidance to team members.
• Collaborate with team members across global time zones, including participating in off-hours meetings and communications as needed.
• Domestic and international travel required to conduct or support usability evaluations, collect VOC, and collaborate with stakeholders and clinical users.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Flexible Benefits Package
• 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
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
• 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)
• Paid sick time (for temporary employees, as required under applicable state law)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees