Sr Human Factors Design Engineer
About The Position
Medtronic Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) is looking for a Sr. Human Factors Engineer to join our Cardiac Ablation Solutions Experience Design and Human Factors team, supporting the design and development of cutting-edge technology in the electrophysiology field. As a Sr. Human Factors Engineer, you are passionate about user-centered design and developing next-generation products that are intuitive, safe, and efficient to use. As part of the Cardiac Ablation Solutions Experience Design and Human Factors team, you will work with a team of product managers, clinical specialists, engineers, and designers, guiding the design of our products, and shaping what amazing experiences look and feel like from a user perspective. In this role, you will apply knowledge of human performance (perceptual, cognitive and motor skills) and human factors techniques to identify user needs, understand use-related risks, develop requirements, evaluate design solutions, and validate that our products are safe and effective. Activities will include: field research to identify user needs and workflows; task analysis; software and hardware user interface design; conducting usability evaluations; data analysis; communicate research outcomes to key stakeholders; risk assessment/mitigation; and completing all internal and external documentation. Your curiosity, passion for human-centric design, and problem-solving prowess will be pivotal to your success, and help us transform the cardiac ablation space, with product experience at the core. You thrive in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment and are comfortable adapting to evolving priorities and project needs. You can effectively manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, applying human factors engineering methods across a wide range of activities, from planning and conducting generative and evaluative research, to providing ergonomic and usability guidance to product development teams, to assessing the effectiveness of risk mitigations and design controls. The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
- Advanced knowledge in human physical and psychological capabilities and limitations, and methods used to study them.
- Experience planning and conducting human subjects research studies, analyzing data, and reporting results verbally and in writing.
- Experience with medical device design and deep understanding of FDA and IEC guidelines.
- 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.
- Possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment (for roles below Principal level).
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of the application various human factors/usability engineering principles and tools in the design, development, and evaluation of hardware and software products brought to market.
- Degree concentration in Human Factors Engineering, HCI, Cognitive Psychology, Interactive Design or related field.
- Experience collaborating with a product teams on the development of a combined software/hardware product.
- Demonstrable experience in helping to shape innovative solutions using techniques such as design thinking, human centered design, service design, UX/UI design, systems thinking, analytical thinking, and storytelling.
- Proven ability to deliver value in a complex and changing environment.
- Able to influence and build strong credibility with diverse and challenging stakeholder group.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Highly reliable to meet tight project deadlines while juggling many competing priorities.
Responsibilities
- Product lifecycle support including customer needs identification, user profiles, task analysis, user interface design, usability testing, use-related risks analysis, design validation, and post-launch outcomes analysis.
- Conduct field studies/literature reviews/research and apply the outcomes to requirements definition, concept development, and detailed design.
- Work closely with marketing, product planning, engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, technical communications, and regulatory to produce design solutions that meet user needs and consider business needs and manufacturing constraints.
- Interfaces with designers and engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements and to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces.
- Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans.
- Contribute to the development of physical mock-ups or software prototypes of design concepts.
- Develops and implements research methods and statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes used in all phases of products development and processes.
- Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of concept selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification and formal usability validation with intended users.
- Applies human performance principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of products.
- Present design recommendations to the product development team.
- Leads Human Factors and User Experience activities and small teams to optimize the user experience of products.
- Able to travel globally to support project needs as required.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Flexible Benefits Package
- 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
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Paid sick time (for temporary employees, as required under applicable state law)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
