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Edwards Lifesciences · 1 week ago

Sr Principal Engineer, Human Factors

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$142K/yr - $201K/yr

7+ years exp

Edwards Lifesciences is dedicated to putting patients first through groundbreaking medical innovations for structural heart disease. The Senior Principal Human Factors Engineer will support human factors and usability engineering activities across projects and business units, ensuring compliance and improving user experience for both physical and digital devices.

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalMedical Device

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Support patient-first corporate strategy by applying knowledge of human factors engineering requirements and best practices to minimize use-related risk, improve user experience, and achieve device and system clinical success

Provide design guidance and solutions to highly complex usability issues for both physical and digital devices

Engage and influence business unit and project team leadership to support human factors and usability engineering activities throughout the product development process

Partner with clinical, quality, regulatory, marketing, and R&D functions from multiple project teams to promote and execute best practices in human factors and usability engineering, identify and mitigate use-related risks, and ensure compliance with internal requirements and external regulations and expectations

Initiate and lead in the design, planning, and execution of usability research and evaluations, analyze results, identify risk mitigation and design improvement recommendations, and communicate findings and recommendations to the team

Document results of usability evaluations and other usability engineering process deliverables, including usability engineering plans, protocols, reports, team debriefs, design reviews, etc

Identify opportunities to improve product usability by engaging with clinicians and other device users to collect user feedback (both objective and subjective) on devices

Lead the development of new and complex human factors evaluation methods and technologies

Provide creative solutions to alleviate complex usability problems

Maintain current knowledge of human factors and usability regulations, expectations, and best practices

Mentor, coach, and guide employees on usability processes and best practices

Some domestic and international travel (5-10%)

Qualification

Human factors engineeringUsability engineeringMedical device experienceUI/UX designHuman factors studiesRoot cause analysisFigmaEffective communicationDocumentation skillsTeam playerCreative problem solving

Required

Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience OR a Master's degree with 7 years of experience OR a PhD with 4 years of experience

Suitable undergraduate and/or graduate degrees include human factors engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or a related engineering/science discipline

Preferred

Experience in the medical device or other highly regulated industry is required

Human factors / usability engineering experience is required

UI/UX design experience is highly desirable

Experience planning and executing human factors studies utilizing various methodologies such as ethnographic research, contextual inquiry, cognitive walk through, heuristic analysis, task analysis, simulated use studies, and summative testing

Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources

Ability to be collaborative and flexible in approach to solving user interface related challenges

Effective communication, listening, and root cause analysis skills are required to interface with health care professionals and cross-functional team members

Ability to clearly communicate how study results can be implemented into design, including analyzing and synthesizing large quantities of information into usable content for project teams and the business

Must be proactive and creative in solving technical problems

Strong documentation and organizational skills

Must be a dynamic team player and a highly motivated self-starter able to achieve results independently and through cross-functional collaboration

Demonstrated ability to present to and interact with senior leadership

Experience with medical implantable devices is highly desirable

Figma experience is highly desirable

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Performance-based incentives

A wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families

Company

Edwards Lifesciences

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Edwards Lifesciences is a provider of science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring.

Founded in 1958

Irvine, California, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.edwards.com

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