Usability​/Human Factors Engineer

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. 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.

The Usability/Human Factors Engineer, with the guidance of the HFE Architect, works in close collaboration with a cross-functional team of UX Designers, UX Researchers, Engineers, clinical applications, customers and users, product management, marketing, and field teams to optimize user and system interaction and help define and develop new product technologies to meet user needs. This position has a strong focus on Human Factors Engineering to drive significant design improvements in product user interfaces and will be responsible for human factors-based research, analysis, and testing.
** 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.
** Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

Work directly with end users and business partners to capture and analyze user workflow and user experience issues, and ensure translation of user, business, and technical requirements into interaction design concepts Work with new product development core teams to lead usability design and own usability-related program deliverables (Use analysis report, Use failure mode and effects analysis, etc.)Work with design teams to complete formative and summative usability studies including developing study plans, scripts, and reports during new product development.

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 Quality & Regulatory teams to ensure medical regulatory requirements are integrated within the product development process

Serve as a local thought leader and consulting resource for all user experience issues

Utilize observational research, usability tests, expert reviews, heuristic evaluations, customer surveys, and other user-centered design methodologies

Support a user-centered design process throughout the company and contribute to overall user experience project planning and strategic initiatives

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math);
Cognitive Psychology, Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors; or equivalent experience 2+ years professional experience; or equivalent experience

Demonstrated problem solving ability and use of creativity to solve user needs

Demonstrated experience working with a multidisciplinary team Demonstrated program/project management skills

Demonstrated oral and written communication skills

Familiarity with ISO, FDA and other regulatory standards

Desired Characteristics:

Master’s degree in Engineering or Cognitive/Experimental Psychology with a concentration in Human Factors / Ergonomics, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field of study

Experience with Usability/Human Factors Work Instructions and International Standards Experience conducting impact…