R&D Engineer-Human Factors #26-17507
Milpitas, CA - USA
Job Summary
Position Overview:
Seniorlevel Human Factors Engineer (810 years) supporting diabetes care product development. Leads humanfactors strategy usability research and HF deliverables across the hardwaresoftware product lifecycle. Applies usercentered design principles conducts usability testing from early prototypes through validation and synthesizes data into actionable insights. Works crossfunctionally with R&D Design Product Management Regulatory and Quality to ensure solutions meet user needs and regulatory standards. Requires strong communication executive presence and autonomous work style.
- 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 Engineer- Human 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;
- 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 Client 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 companys usability engineering processes and methodologies meet and surpass the latest expectations of regulatory agencies and provide tangible value for our customers and our business
- 810 years Human Factors/Usability Engineering (medical device preferred; regulated industry required)
- Usercentered design usability evaluation risk/safety analysis experience
- Hardware software or service product experience (at least one required; combination ideal)
- Strong HF research backgroundthis is not a design role but a researchdriven role
- Ability to translate data into insights that influence design and product decisions
- Experience working across product development cycles
- Strong written communication; ability to synthesize findings clearly
- Executive presence for customer/vendor interactions
- Human factors research methodologies
- Human performance analysis (cognitive perceptual motor principles)
- Data interpretation and influence on crossfunctional teams
- Advocate for user needs throughout development
- Must have regulated industry experience (medical device ideal; health tech/consumer health acceptable)
- Reliable autonomous work ethic
- M.S. in Human Factors Engineering Cognitive Psychology or Biomedical Engineering (with significant HF course)
About US Tech Solutions: US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions please visit .
US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
AI Statement: By applying you acknowledge that AI-assisted tools may be used during hiring.
#LI-AS140
Required Experience:
IC