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Johnson & Johnson MedTech · 16 hours ago

Human Factors Engineer Co-op Spring 2026

Cincinnati, OH

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad

$23/hr - $51.50/hr

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is committed to healthcare innovation and improving patient outcomes. They are seeking a Human Factors Engineer Co-op to support user research activities, develop usability specifications, and test user interfaces for medical products.

Hospital & Health Care

No H1B

Responsibilities

Leverage human factors standards and best practices to inform new product designs and ensure concepts support safe, effective, and satisfying use

Support the planning, conduct, and reporting of various user research activities, including ethnography, focus groups, formative usability tests, and HF validation (summative usability) tests

Consolidate user feedback into meaningful design insights and actionable recommendations

Perform thoughtful and thorough root cause analysis for use-related problems that arise during hands-on usability tests

Understanding the use environments and participating in the creation of user workflows

Understand the regulatory imperative for medical device human factors, including relevant human factors standards and guidance documents, such as IEC 62366 and FDA's final HF guidance

Contribute to human factors documentation, including formative and summative test plans and reports, expert reviews, use-related risk analyses, use specifications, known problems analyses, and Human Factors Engineering reports

Author study documentation (e.g., informed consent forms, study participant recruitment screeners, moderator's guides, use error checklists)

Qualification

Human Factors EngineeringUsability EngineeringCognitive ScienceMechanical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringUser ResearchTask AnalysisRisk AnalysisHuman PerceptionCognitionRoot Cause AnalysisEthnographyFocus GroupsUsability TestsCommunity ServiceFDA RegulationsISO StandardsAAMI StandardsDocumentation SkillsCommunication SkillsLeadership

Required

Must be enrolled in a college/institution and pursuing a either bachelor's or master's degree in Human Factors Engineering, Usability Engineering, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Mechanical Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering; PhD candidates will not be considered

Only students in their 2nd year of bachelors or above will be considered

Permanently authorized to work in the U.S., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually requires future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship

Availability for at least a 4-month co-op rotation

A minimum GPA of 3.0, with demonstrated leadership/participation in campus programs and/or community service activities

An understanding of the research process (planning, execution, analysis and documentation); design project experience or user centered research is preferred

Knowledge of human factors and design principles; working knowledge of task and risk analysis methods, human perception, and cognition; basic knowledge of anthropometrics, biomechanics and physiology

Experience consolidating user feedback into concise, meaningful design insights and actionable recommendations. Experience performing root cause analysis for use-related problems is preferred

Familiarity with FDA, ISO, AAMI, and other relevant usability regulations and standards for medical devices is highly preferred

Preferred

An understanding of the research process (planning, execution, analysis and documentation); design project experience or user centered research

Experience performing root cause analysis for use-related problems

Familiarity with FDA, ISO, AAMI, and other relevant usability regulations and standards for medical devices

Benefits

Medical insurance

Sick time

Holiday pay

The Company’s consolidated retirement plan

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech

At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we are working to solve the world’s most pressing healthcare challenges through innovations at the intersection of biology and technology.

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