Sr. Human Factors Engineer, Devices & Services Experience Design

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon’s Devices & Services Experience Design (DxD) organization is seeking a talented and passionate Sr. Human Factors Engineer to join our growing Human Factors and Ergonomics team. The Sr. Engineer will apply deep domain knowledge and experience in Ergonomics and human modeling to significantly impact our business by informing the design of our newest and most complex devices. If you are passionate about developing and applying research methods to answer today's most challenging Human Factors questions, enjoy collaborating closely with a diverse set of highly skilled cross-functional partners, and like seeing your efforts translated into real world impact, we want you on our team.

Requirements

• Experience with the project management of technical projects
• 8+ years of hands-on work with: ergonomic product design, anthropometric modeling and fitting, lab-based user studies such as biomechanical testing and measurement, iterative prototype and concept testing
• 8+ years of proven success leading Human Factors and Ergonomic research projects with demonstrated impact experience
• Master’s degree in Human Factors, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with physical, physiological and behavioral data collection, quantitative data analysis, and statistics

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

Responsibilities

• Use your knowledge of Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Anthropometric modeling to inform the design of our most advanced and complex devices.
• Help product teams and leadership determine the right research questions to ask.
• Use your communication, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
• Define and execute (and, as necessary, invent) research methods appropriate to the questions at hand, including but not limited to field research, lab studies, remote testing, biomechanical studies, and anthropometric modeling.
• Provide focused, insightful, and actionable findings by quickly and thoroughly analyzing a wide range of primary and secondary data types.
• Translate insights into measurable design and engineering metrics.
• Work with design, product management, engineering, and marketing partners to develop innovative end-to-end solutions that address top outcomes. Iteratively design and test these solutions until outcomes are achieved or hypotheses are proven wrong.
• Develop and advance first principles that will be used to drive design decision-making and prioritization of investments.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior