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Medtronic · 2 days ago

Principle Human Factor Engineer

Lafayette, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$145K/yr - $217K/yr

10+ years exp

Medtronic is a leader in healthcare technology, committed to innovation and improving lives. The Principal Human Factor Engineer will work with the Product Design team to advance technology in Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence, focusing on user interface design and collaboration within the organization.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsMedical Device

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Strong understanding of user experience principles, which are customer facing and additionally medical device centered

Applies human centered principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of software and hardware medical device products

Develops and implements research methodologies to test and evaluate new concepts and developmental prototypes used in all phases of product development and processes

Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of user need investigation, concept exploration/selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification and formal usability validation with intended users

Responsible for defining and maintaining the human factors process for the organization

Establishes user needs to ensure optimized interfaces and overall user experience

Identifies and analyzes problems or risks, performs human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans to inform the design direction of new product development

Responsible for human factors research and activities for a single product while supporting human factors needs on other products

Responsible for collaboration with other Human Factors Design Engineers to align on design briefs and expectations for the program

Collaboration with Chief Designer and other UI/UX designers to conduct design research, build journey maps and user personas

Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously and keep organized and multitask

Understanding of business needs with product management experience

Understanding of stage gate processes for projects within the medical device project lifecycle

Organizational collaborator on DH&AI enabled initiatives to leverage cross disciplinary and globally distributed teams to craft high-quality products and services that customers love and drive preference

Collaborate with other leaders to ensure successful development, release, and launch of world-class product (portfolio/program)

Qualification

Human Factors DesignUser Experience PrinciplesMedical Device IndustryResearch MethodologiesUI/UX CollaborationAgile MethodologyProblem AnalysisOrganizational CollaborationMultitaskingCommunication Skills

Required

10+ years' experience in the medical device industry in systems, digital or software development with proven record of accomplishment

Experience in 5+ major product or portfolio releases

Ability to quickly understand complex system behaviors, engineering problems, technical and architectural constraints

A robust design portfolio articulating past design work

Excellent verbal and written and communication skills with an aptitude for convincing others, both internally and externally, of the value of their ideas