Human Factors Engineer

The Human Factors Engineer is a key member of the Engenious Design team. The Human Factors expert is an insightful and empathetic observer of users and their needs, translating these insights into actionable inputs for engineers, designers, and product managers.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to directly impact the safety, usability, and effectiveness of life-changing devices by ensuring they are built around the real needs of clinicians, patients, and caregivers. You will join a collaborative, cross-functional team working on high-impact, high-tech systems that improve healthcare outcomes.

This key team member is not afraid to go see how users interact with the systems we are designing, observing clinical practice in person, conducting interviews, and generally partnering with clinicians to understand their viewpoints. They are equally comfortable talking to clients, project managers, and engineering partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and conduct user research. Gather insights to uncover user needs, workflows, and pain points.
• Create protocol plans and proctor usability studies (formative and summative).
• Be a subject matter expert in relevant standards documentation including but not limited to IEC 60601, IEC 62366, ISO 14971, and AAMI/ANSI HE75.
• Prepare thorough documentation for regulatory submissions.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers (systems, mechanical, electrical, software), and product managers to define and implement user-centered design solutions.
• Enjoy a variety of projects and people while doing meaningful work.
• See your work help real people. We create medical devices that save and improve lives such as designing and building life-sustaining medical devices and other advanced electromechanical technology.
• Build a portfolio to be proud of with opportunities to work on medical and consumer products.

POSITION DETAILS:

This is a full-time, permanent position. This position works from our Kansas City based office during core business hours.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS/BA Degree in Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Usability Engineering, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 3+ years of proven experience in the planning and execution of formative and summative studies.
• Expert in proctoring hands-on usability studies.
• Demonstrated ability to translate research, study results, and insights into user needs and/or design inputs.
• Familiar with FDA, ISO, IEC, ANSI/AAMI, and other relevant usability regulations and standards.
• Effective communication skills and capacity to collaborate with engineers, designers, and management stakeholders.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Familiar with risk analysis documentation.
• Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries.
• Experience with Class II or Class III medical devices.

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