Illumina · 20 hours ago
Human Factors Engineer
US - California - San Diego
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$98K/yr - $148K/yr
2+ years expIllumina is a company focused on expanding access to genomic technology and improving health equity. They are seeking a Human Factors Engineer to enhance customer experiences across their hardware and software products by applying human factors and ergonomics research, as well as conducting usability studies.
BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareMedical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Support the definition and design human factors solutions for new product development projects from product conception through post-release
Provide Human Factors support across the product lifecycle including customer and user needs identification, development of user and use environment profiles and use cases, end-to-end workflows diagrams, requirements specification, information architectures, design concepts (e.g. creation of story boards), usability testing, summative usability studies, use error analysis and risk assessment
Support the creation and execution of human factors plans, usability evaluations, scenarios/use case validations, human factors validation studies to ensure products can be used safely and effectively, and other user-centered design research
Analyze and synthesize data from user research and usability studies, and partner closely with design and product teams to synthesize findings into actionable design requirements and specification
Support the development and maintenance of human factors documents, requirements, and use-related risk assessment analyses
Suggest design recommendations based on user needs and results from human factors formative and summative research across the product life cycle
Qualification
Required
BS or MS Degree in Human Factors is required
Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience; supporting hardware and software product development
Demonstrated ability to support designs across product lines with ability to communicate with users, customers, engineering, product management, regulatory, clinical validation and compliance teams
An understanding of the Product Development Life Cycle and experience in human factors and usability engineering, human-centered design and integration in regards to the requirements prescribed in ISO 9241-210 Human-Centered Design Process for Interactive Systems, ISO 62366-1:2015, 62366-2: 2016; FDA Guidance on Human Factors in medical devices (2016); and Content of Human Factors Information in Medical Device Marketing Submissions (2022); Medical Device Regulation EU IVDR 2017/746
Experience with system level design, integration, and validation of usability requirements and hazard mitigation associated with product development with ability to gather and specify critical human factors system requirements, and clearly communicate design constraints and validation approaches internally and externally
Experience in human factors/usability engineering for medical products, supporting the design and analysis of both human factors formative and summative usability studies including user research, focus groups, structured in-depth interviews, user needs and requirements analysis, use error analysis and use-related failure mode and effects analysis in defining critical tasks and human factors validation
Ability to prioritize time between multiple projects and stay flexible with changing schedules and projects while working with multiple teams to deliver commitments on time
Benefits
Access to genomics sequencing
Family planning
Health/dental/vision
Retirement benefits
Paid time off
Company
Illumina
Illumina is an innovative technology and revolutionary assays aiming the analyze genetic variation and function.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.28BKey Investors
Bank of America
2024-09-06Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2023-01-04Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2000-07-28IPO
Leadership Team
Steven Barnard
Chief Technology Officer, Head of Research & Product Development
Jenny Lei Zheng
SVP & GM of Greater China
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