R&D Principle Human Factors Engineer

R&D Principle Human Factors Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA (Onsite). Local candidate only or open to relocate to Santa Clara, CA.

JP#: 44733

Pay Rate: 80k Ann - 120k Ann

Minimum Years

Experience:

Minimum of 8+ years of relevant human factors/usability engineering experience in hardware-software systems product development; prefer 10+ years experience.

• Proven ability to work with multidisciplinary teams that may include other human factors experts
• Proven ability to interface with customers in a highly professional manner
• Proven ability to apply user-centered design and human factors/usability engineering principles to product research, development and design; experience in medical device development;
• Proven ability to quickly assimilate advanced domain knowledge and guide program teams on Human Factors strategy, HF deliverables for program scope, research strategy across the product development lifecycle and successful deliverable completion within project timelines
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Team player: navigates complexity of advocating for user needs while building relationships within program teams

M.S. degree in Human Factors Engineering or Cognitive Psychology or M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering with extensive human factors coursework.

Experienced R&D  Factors to apply human factors and ergonomics expertise to the definition, design, and evaluation of products within the R&D division of Diabetes Care; apply knowledge of human factors principles (human performance and limitations – perceptual, cognitive, motor skills, anthropomorphic) and techniques (knowledge acquisition, user-interface design, usability evaluation) to diabetes care systems product development.

Deliverables include, but are not limited to:

• Usability engineering files;
• Task analyses;
• Usability risk analyses;
• Usability testing throughout the product development process, from formative testing of early prototypes through usability validation of final designs.

• Design novel methods to understand breadth of user performance and expectations
• Identify meaningful unmet needs and design opportunities
• Influence program teams to respond to study findings and improve overall product solution to adequately meet user needs
• Develop collaborative working relationships with other functions across the organization, including but not limited to the following:
  • Work with Design, Product Management, Tech Leadership to advocate for user needs and capabilities and refine product definition and detailed design
  • Work with regulatory affairs to develop strategies for new product submissions, create submission packages, and respond to questions from regulatory agencies;
  • Work with design quality to ensure that the company’s usability engineering processes and methodologies meet and surpass the latest expectations of regulatory agencies and provide tangible value for our customers and our business.

Location: Minnesota :
Pleasanton, CA (Onsite). Local candidate only or open to relocate to Pleasanton, CA.

JP#: 43953

Pay Rate: 50k Ann - 65k Ann

• This position is Non Exempt. Hours over 40 will be paid at Time and a Half.
• Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  4-8 years

Bachelor or Masters in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science or similar field.

• Med Device R&D
• Development of Application Software
• Creating/Maintaining Software Requirements
• Creating/Maintaining Software Test Cases
• Creating/Maintaining Software Test Runs