Sr Human Factors Design Engineer

Sr. Human Factors Engineer

Medtronic Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) is looking for a Sr. Human Factors Engineer to join our Cardiac Ablation Solutions Experience Design and Human Factors team, supporting the design and development of cutting-edge technology in the electrophysiology field. Careers that Change Lives We value what makes you unique. Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. A career at Medtronic is like no other. We're purposeful. We're committed. And we're driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.

As a Sr. Human Factors Engineer, you are passionate about user-centered design and developing next-generation products that are intuitive, safe, and efficient to use. As part of the Cardiac Ablation Solutions Experience Design and Human Factors team, you will work with a team of product managers, clinical specialists, engineers, and designers, guiding the design of our products, and shaping what amazing experiences look and feel like from a user perspective. In this role, you will apply knowledge of human performance (perceptual, cognitive and motor skills) and human factors techniques to identify user needs, understand use-related risks, develop requirements, evaluate design solutions, and validate that our products are safe and effective. Activities will include: field research to identify user needs and workflows; task analysis; software and hardware user interface design; conducting usability evaluations; data analysis; communicate research outcomes to key stakeholders; risk assessment/mitigation; and completing all internal and external documentation.

Your curiosity, passion for human-centric design, and problem-solving prowess will be pivotal to your success, and help us transform the cardiac ablation space, with product experience at the core. You thrive in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment and are comfortable adapting to evolving priorities and project needs. You can effectively manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, applying human factors engineering methods across a wide range of activities, from planning and conducting generative and evaluative research, to providing ergonomic and usability guidance to product development teams, to assessing the effectiveness of risk mitigations and design controls.

About the Affera Mapping and Ablation System

The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm.

Primary Responsibilities:

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Product lifecycle support including customer needs identification, user profiles, task analysis, user interface design, usability testing, use-related risks analysis, design validation, and post-launch outcomes analysis.
• Conduct field studies/literature reviews/research and apply the outcomes to requirements definition, concept development, and detailed design.
• Work closely with marketing, product planning, engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, technical communications, and regulatory to produce design solutions that meet user needs and consider business needs and manufacturing constraints.
• Interfaces with designers and engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements and to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces.
• Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans.
• Contribute to the development of physical mock-ups or software prototypes of design concepts.
• Develops and implements research methods and statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes used in all phases of products development and processes.
• Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of concept selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification and formal usability validation with intended users.
• Applies human performance principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of products. Present design recommendations to the product development team.
• Leads Human Factors and User Experience activities and small teams to optimize the user experience of products.
• Able to travel globally to support project needs as required.

Required Qualifications

To be considered for this role, please ensure the required requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Advanced knowledge in human physical and psychological capabilities and limitations, and methods used to study them.
• Experience planning and conducting human subjects research studies, analyzing data, and reporting results verbally and in writing.
• Experience with medical device design and deep understanding of FDA and IEC guidelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the application various human factors/usability engineering principles and tools in the design, development, and evaluation of hardware and software products brought to market.
• Degree concentration in Human Factors Engineering, HCI, Cognitive Psychology, Interactive Design or related field.
• Experience collaborating with a product team on the development of a combined software/hardware product.
• Demonstrable experience in helping to shape innovative solutions using techniques such as design thinking, human centered design, service design, UX/UI design, systems thinking, analytical thinking, and storytelling.
• Proven ability to deliver value in a complex and changing environment. Able to influence and build strong credibility with diverse and challenging stakeholder group.
• Excellent communication skills. Highly reliable to meet tight project deadlines while juggling many competing priorities.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$126,400.00 - $189,600.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available