Senior Human Factors Engineer at Abbott Laboratories

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Senior Human Factors Engineer – Electrophysiology,  St Paul, MA

 Come join a growing team of Human Factors Engineers, working on emerging cardiac ablation technologies. This role will lead the design of next generation cardiac ablation products,  shaping the experience of its users.

Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) division, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. 

Position Responsibilities

 Provide human factors expertise to R&D teams

• Responsible for directing and coordinating all activities necessary to complete human factors engineering projects. Activities include, but are not limited to:
  • Conducting ethnographic user research to identify user needs
  • Translating user needs to requirements and product design concepts
  • Developing prototypes to explore and validate product design concepts
  • Performing workflow, task and use error analyses
  • Conducting Formative Usability testing
  • Conducting Summative Validation testing
• Support program teams to ensure sound human factors principles are considered and implemented
• Create and communicate project plans, tasks and deliverables and manage time to meet project deadlines.

 Required Qualifications:

• BS. degree in Human Factors Engineering, or a related discipline required
• 3+ years of relevant human factors/usability engineering or design experience
• Proven ability to apply knowledge of human factors principles (human performance and limitations – perceptual, cognitive, motor skills, anthropomorphic) and techniques (user research, user-interface design, usability testing) to the design, development, and evaluation of hardware and/or software products
• Experience leading Human Factors activities across the product lifecycle, including ethnographic research, user needs identification, workflow and task analysis, requirements development, user interface design, user error analysis, usability and validation testing
• A proven ability to work with cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership
• Experience with software and/or hardware user-interface design
• Proven ability to interface with customers in a highly professional manner
• Ability to quickly assimilate advanced domain knowledge
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• 10% Travel

 Preferred Qualifications and Education:

• PHD. degree in Human Factors or related disciplines
• Experience in medical device development
• Working knowledge of cardiac electrophysiology
• Working knowledge of Human Factors/Usability Engineering regulatory standards
• Excellent collaboration and organization skills

The base pay for this position is $83,000.00 – $166,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.