Architect, Human Factors Engineering

Job Description Summary

This position is in GE Healthcare's MIM Software business which makes vendor‑neutral imaging software to standardize your workflow and simplify increasingly complex clinical scenarios. Leading global healthcare organizations use MIM® to give patients more precise, personalized care.

At GE Health Care, we see possibilities through innovation. As a stand‑alone company, GE Health Care is a leader in precision care, infusing innovation with patient‑focused technologies to enable better care. We’re dedicated to providing integrated solutions that make hospitals more efficient, clinicians more effective, therapies more precise, and patients healthier. Together, we’re living our purpose to create a world where healthcare has no limits.

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

• Responsible for understanding the interactions between humans and other elements of a system. Applies theory, principles, data, and methods within the engineering design process to assure proper interaction between products, systems, and processes and the people who use them. Human factors Engineering is also concerned with the "fit" between the user, equipment, and their environments; taking into account the user's capabilities and limitations, seeking to ensure that tasks, functions, information and the environment suit each user.
• Define ‘design for usability’ acceptance criteria that will meet customer expectations. Drive usability evaluation of new features.
• Work closely with customers, marketing, clinical applications and field personnel to understand key usability needs and develop metrics to quantify usability design.
• Provide domain expertise to participate in technical design reviews, technical discussions, and risk mitigations with focus on evaluation of design of user workflows, interactions, and experiences based on user‑centered design principles and customer needs.
• Work with design teams to lead formative usability studies including developing study plans, scripts and reports during new product development.
• Ensure product safety and quality by planning and executing summative usability studies.
• Work with new product development core teams to lead usability design and own usability‑related program deliverables (Use analysis report, UFMEA, Known Use Problems analysis, etc).
• Shape the Experience Design usability roadmap. Engage with internal and external usability experts & capture cross‑industry best practices.
• Guide and coach less experienced Human Factors Engineers and/or other contributors on Human Factors Engineering principles and methods and application to medical device design.
• In‑depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In‑depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• Has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters. Uses prior experience and on‑the‑job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.

• B.A./B.S. in Human Factors Engineering, Ergonomics, Cognitive or Experimental Psychology, or Industrial Engineering with at least 7 years of experience OR advanced degree (M.S./Ph.D.) in Human Factors Engineering, Ergonomics, Cognitive or Experimental Psychology, or Industrial Engineering with at least 5 years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience in Human Factors Engineering and its role in the broader human‑centered design process.
• Proven ability to develop timely and effective solutions for challenging design problems.
• Effective communication skills – ability to present ideas clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrated ability to pursue tasks to completion.

• Experience applying Human Factors Engineering in medical device product development, healthcare, and/or other similar regulated industry.
• Familiarity with applying medical device standards such as IEC…