Senior Human Factors Engineer

At Baxter, we strive to save and sustain lives.

This role involves collaborating with clinicians, engineers, and cross‑functional partners to improve usability, safety, and efficiency for hospital beds, mobile and overhead patient lift systems, and other product portfolios. Your efforts directly support new product development and sustaining engineering initiatives.

• Plan and complete human factors engineering activities, including project plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Conduct use‑related risk assessments, identify potential use errors, and support risk mitigation activities.
• Plan, complete, and detail formative and summative usability studies in compliance with applicable regulations and standards.
• Develop and maintain human factors documentation, including user needs, task analyses, interface specifications, and study reports.
• Communicate human factors progress, findings, and risks to project teams and key collaborators.
• Lead and deliver human factors work streams for complex programs or multiple concurrent projects with minimal supervision.
• Collaborate with R&D, marketing, clinical, and engineering teams to evaluate concepts, improve usability, and drive user‑centered design decisions.
• Apply human factors, usability, and user experience guidelines to support continuous improvement and successful product development.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Human Factors Engineering, Human‑Computer Interaction, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related area.
• 3+ years of human factors/usability engineering experience in medical devices or another regulated industry.
• Experience applying human factors methods, including user research, task analysis, use‑related risk analysis, and usability testing.
• Knowledge of IEC 62366‑1, FDA Human Factors Guidance, ANSI/AAMI HE75, ISO 14971, and medical device design controls.
• Experience authoring human factors documentation, protocols, and reports to support development controls and regulatory submissions.
• Strong understanding of user‑centered design principles, usability evaluation methods, and qualitative data analysis.
• Ability to independently solve complex usability challenges, develop actionable recommendations, and collaborate across cross‑functional teams.
• Preferred:
  Advanced degree or equivalent experience in a related field along with experience conducting IRB‑reviewed studies, FDA submissions, or human factors research within clinical or healthcare settings.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

The estimated base salary for this position is $96,000–$132,000 annually. The range is based on market data and other factors such as location, skills, and experience. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Health and well‑being benefits include medical and dental coverage that starts on day one, basic life, accident, short‑term and long‑term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) with company matching. Additional benefits include Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance, paid holidays, paid time off (20–35 days based on length of service), family and medical leaves, paid parental leave, commuting benefits, employee discount, employee assistance, and childcare benefits.

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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