Senior Human Factors Engineer

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.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. Youll also have access to :

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.

A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The position of Sr. Human Factors Engineer is within our Infectious Disease business unit located in San Diego, California. This is an in-office role on site.

Were empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbotts diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

This role designs and execute studies that address both user behavior and attitudes, using the right methodology for the right questions for our in-home products. With supervision, coordinates day-to-day human factors and usability improvement plans and concepts for medium sized projects. In addition, supports efforts on larger projects / initiatives, helps direct external usability design resources, and reports progress on various project activities.

What You'll Work On :

Act as a thought leader in domain of research, while advocating for people who use our products

Design and execute studies that address both user behavior and attitudes, using the right methodology for the right questions

Generate insights that shape how product teams think about medium and long-term product strategy

Contributes to customer, competitive, and software industry research to identify and prioritize usability improvement

possibilities.

Contributes to the creation of usability related processes and improvements

Collaborates with team members on risks and resolution of issues to program leadership team.

Creates detailed usability improvement concepts. Works within internal departments, and project teams to create and

manage usability improvement activities.

Using knowledge of customer needs, company technology, business plans, as well as market research and financial tools

such as ROI, contributes to usability improvement projects.

Communicates improvement plans, concepts and status across Marketing, development staff, and senior management.

Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors,

and vendors.

Work cross-functionally with design, product management, data science, content strategy, engineering, and marketing

Provide human factors support to R&D teams for product development.

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

Prepare documentation to support development activities including protocols, task analysis, risk assessment, reports, and regulatory submissions.

Conducting Formative Usability testing

Conducting Summative Validation testing

Participate on development program teams to ensure sound human factors principles are considered and implemented.

Participate in teams to design solutions to usability issues

Create and communicate project plans, tasks and deliverables and manage time to meet project deadlines.

Support and provide HFE expertise in preparation for clinical studies and regulatory submissions in accordance with HF standard methodologies.

Communicate regularly with internal and external key partners.

Apply detailed risk-based process including identifying potential use-related hazards, mitigating those risks, and validating the risk mitigations are effective.

Understands and is aware of the quality consequences which may occur from the improper performance of their specific job; has awareness of device defects that may occur in their area of responsibility, including product design, verification and validation, manufacturing and testing activities

Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal / external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the companys policies and practices; build productive internal / external working relationships

Other duties as assigned, according to the changing needs of the business

Required Qualifications :

B.A / B.S. in a human behavior related field, such as human-computer interaction, psychology, sociology, communication, information science, media studies, computer science, or economics.

4+ years experience in applied product research in a similar role.

Travel less than 30% of the time, including internationally.

Preferred Qualifications :

If you have experience in the following areas, it is preferred, please list the areas of experience on your resume.

Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods

Experience synthesizing large-scale data in multi-method studies

Experience with survey design and response effects

User Research, Human Factors, Usability

Requires experience in human factors as well as cognitive psychology theory and application; the product development process, software technology, and effective methods of working with R&D teams.

Experience working in a broader enterprise / cross-division business unit model preferred.

Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment

Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Ability to leverage and / or engage others to accomplish projects.

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The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.