Senior Human Factors Engineer, Electrophysiology
Listed on 2026-01-15
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Biomedical Engineer
Senior Human Factors Engineer, Electrophysiology
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.
Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.
We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Human Factors Engineer to support our Electrophysiology business. This role will work a Flex/Hybrid schedule with 3 days per week (could be more based on study support) onsite in our Irvine, CA office.
PurposeThe Biosense Webster Usability and Design team is seeking a multi-faceted, exceptionally talented, user-centered Senior Human Factors Engineer who is passionate through improving the quality of people's lives through compelling design experiences. The Senior Human Factors Engineer will be responsible for providing human factors engineering expertise to multiple teams across the BWI portfolio, taking into consideration all aspects of the user experience.
This will include early stage UX research and VOC analysis, User Performance evaluations e.g. EMG studies, formative and summative studies.
- Influences HF/Usability strategy and leads human factors efforts for programs from concept through post market support, supporting and influences usability activities for product lines and programs with minimal oversight.
- Will develop a good understanding of intended use environments gained through time spent in the field, and a good understanding of intended user types formed through interactions with users.
- Work on problems of diverse scope that impact broader program team and business and leads projects requiring identification and analysis of a variety of factors, demonstrating judgment in selecting methods and techniques for evaluations.
- Mentor other engineers on project and supervises/directs third party contractors/consultants; including reviews of deliverables to ensure accuracy.
- Network with key contacts outside own area of expertise, contributes to cross functional decisions; understands importance of alignment and negotiation, representing the voice of the customer from a human factors and technical application perspective for new product development.
- Identify areas for innovation in human factors and design.
- University/Bachelor's Degree in Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Usability Engineering, Cognitive Science, Anthropology or Equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 years work experience in human factors/usability engineering.
- Hands-on involvement in FDA submissions (PMA, 510(k)) and EU MDR compliance.
- The candidate has demonstrated ability to lead project-level human factors activities, including contextual inquiry, ethnographic studies, requirements definition, use-related risk analysis, formative usability assessments, and summative evaluation studies.
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate with stakeholders and provide disposition feedback and/or suggestions for edits or new entries to risk management documentation.
- Expertise in planning, executing, documenting, and reporting usability testing, including moderation of studies.
- Knowledge of the IEC 62366 standard and the FDA guidance on human factors engineering.
- Fluent in English.
- Ability to travel up to 20%, domestic and international is required.
- Clinical experience and/or professional experience/degrees in…
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