Principal Human Factors Engineer, Abiomed

Principal Human Factors Engineer, Abiomed

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Johnson & Johnson believes health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

Location:

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Abiomed, part of Johnson & Johnson Med Tech, is a leading provider of medical devices that provide circulatory and respiratory support, with a mission of recovering hearts & saving lives. Abiomed's “Patients First!” culture drives our skilled workforce and strong relationships with clinicians. Our innovative product portfolio and robust pipeline provide us the incredible opportunity to bring lifesaving technology to more patients around the world than ever before.

Our Human Factors Engineers and Designers are focused on improving patient outcomes through better usability, rapidly developing next generation products for heart recovery by placing our users at the center of our design process.

• We develop solutions that balance the needs of various users; surgeons, physicians, hospital staff, patients and caregivers.
• Our team works across all global Abiomed platforms striving for best practice usability and true human-centered design.

• Influence the HF/Usability strategy and contribute to human factors efforts for programs from concept through post market support, supporting usability activities for all product lines and programs with minimal oversight.
• Develop an understanding of intended use environments gained through good understanding of intended user types formed through interactions with users.
• Work on problems of diverse scope that impact the broader program team and business and lead projects requiring identification and analysis of a variety of factors, demonstrating judgment in selecting methods and techniques for creating risk mitigations and associated evaluations.
• Mentor other engineers on projects and supervise/directed third‑party contractors/consultants; including reviews of deliverables to ensure accuracy.
• Network with key contacts outside own area of expertise, contribute to cross‑functional decisions; understand importance of alignment and negotiation, representing the voice of the customer from a human factors and technical application perspective for new product development.

• University/bachelor’s degree in Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Usability Engineering, Cognitive Science, or equivalent;
  Post‑Graduate Degrees (MS) are a plus.
• Minimum of 8 years' work experience in human factors / usability engineering experience or equivalent experience in product development and customer interactions. Medical Device product development or experience working in a highly regulated industry is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated proficiency with the human factors engineering process (research, planning, risk assessment, and regulatory submissions) and principles (task and use‑related risk and root‑cause analysis methods).
• Expertise in planning, executing (including moderation), documenting, and reporting usability testing including consolidating user feedback into concise, meaningful design insights and actionable recommendations.
• Basic knowledge of anthropometrics, biomechanics, and physiology is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate with stakeholders and provide disposition feedback and/or suggestions…