Sr. Human Factors Engineer

Senior Human Factors Engineer, open to join the OTTAVA™ team, located in Cincinnati, OH.

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech is recruiting for a Senior Human Factors Engineer, to join the OTTAVA™ team. This location for this position is Cincinnati, OH.

Job Function: R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:
Industrial Design & Human Factors

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

In this critical role, you will contribute to the vision and delivery of the OTTAVA™ Robotic Surgical System. You’ll lead Human Factors activities for this system and collaborate on breakthrough medical technologies that unite multiple subject areas to help build and deliver J&J Med Tech’s multi-quadrant surgical robotic system to markets, globally.

• Support the development and execution of human factors and usability strategies from initial concept through post-market support, facilitate usability efforts across product lines and programs with general direction.
• Address sophisticated issues that affect the program team, contributing to projects that involve identifying and analyzing multiple factors, while applying attention to detail in choosing appropriate methods and techniques for evaluations.
• Collaborate with R&D, Marketing, Medical Safety, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Engineering, and Quality Engineering to design, evaluate, and provide guidance on solutions and their user‑related impact throughout the entire care process, ensuring a balance of the needs of users, surgeons, hospital staff, and patients in alignment with the technical development roadmap.
• Prepare precise and concise usability engineering documents for multiple projects in a timely manner, including task analyses, usability risk assessments, use specifications, test reports and root cause analyses, and usability engineering plans.
• Act as internal expert and advisor on human factors (including ergonomic and anthropometric principles) and continuously improve our HF process to align it with standards and guidances while also customizing it for the specific realities of our business.
• Mentor other engineers on project and supervise/direct third‑party contractors/consultants; including reviews of results.
• Network with multi‑functional team beyond own area of expertise, actively facilitate multi‑functional decision‑making, and advocate for the voice of the customer from a human factors and technical application perspective in new product development.
• Recognize the importance of alignment and negotiation to ensure seamless collaboration and successful outcomes.

Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience in Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Usability Engineering, Cognitive Science, Anthropology, Biomedical Engineering

Required Minimum 5 years’ work experience in human factors/usability engineering experience/use case validation testing or equivalent experience in product development for Medical Devices. Demonstrated proficiency with the human factors engineering process, including research, planning, risk assessment, user interface requirements, and regulatory submissions. Demonstrated ability to negotiate with stakeholders and provide disposition feedback and/or suggestions for edits or new entries to risk management documentation.

Expertise in planning, executing, documenting, and reporting usability testing, including moderation of studies. Ability to own and/or support user…