HFE Intern Raritan

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At Johnson & Johnson, we believe 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.

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We are seeking a Human Factors Engineer (HFE) for our JJMDC Industrial Design, Human Factors, User Experience (IDHF/UX) organization. The role will be based at our Raritan, NJ office for the period of January to May 2027 and will report directly to the IDHF/UX team. It is expected that the co‑op works on‑site at this location in person. Housing will not be provided by Johnson & Johnson, but a one‑time stipend may be offered to qualified candidates.

• Leverage human factors standards and best practices to inform new product designs and ensure concepts support safe, effective, and satisfying use.
• Support the planning, conduct, and reporting of various user research activities, including ethnography, focus groups, formative usability tests, and HF validation (summative usability) tests.
• Consolidate user feedback into meaningful design insights and actionable recommendations.
• Perform thoughtful and thorough root cause analysis for use‑related problems that arise during hands‑on usability tests.
• Understand the use environments and participate in the creation of user workflows.
• Understand the regulatory imperative for medical device human factors, including relevant human factors standards and guidance documents, such as IEC 62366 and FDA's final HF guidance.
• Contribute to human factors documentation, including formative and summative test plans and reports, expert reviews, use‑related risk analyses, use specifications, known problems analyses, and Human Factors Engineering reports.
• Author study documentation (e.g., informed consent forms, study participant recruitment screeners, moderator's guides, use error checklists).

• Collaboration & mentorship with experienced engineers striving to represent the voice of the user/patient/customer with empathetic and user centered designs.
• Dynamic and respectful work environment where we live by the J&J Credo.
• Challenging work that will push you to explore, ask questions, and grow as an engineer and a professional.
• Experience working for a global company.
• Opportunity to have direct impact on billions of people.

• Must be enrolled in a college/institution and pursuing a either bachelor’s or master’s degree in Human Factors Engineering, Usability Engineering, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Mechanical Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering;
  PhD candidates will not be considered.
• Only students in their 2nd year of bachelors or above will be considered.
• Students must be authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship in the future.
• Availability for at least a 4‑month co‑op rotation.
• A minimum GPA of 3.0, with demonstrated leadership/participation in campus programs and/or community service activities.
• An understanding of the research process (planning, execution, analysis and documentation); design project experience or user centered research is preferred.
• Knowledge of human factors and design principles; working knowledge of task and risk analysis methods, human perception, and cognition; basic knowledge of anthropometrics, biomechanics and physiology.
• Experience consolidating user feedback into concise, meaningful design insights and actionable recommendations.
• Experience…