Senior Human Factors Engineer

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. Learn

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As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

** Job Function:*
* R&D Product Development

** Job Sub*
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* Industrial Design & Human Factors

** Job Category:*
* Scientific/Technology

** All Job Posting Locations:*
* Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America

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* Job Description:

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* We are searching for the best talent to join our DePuy Synthes Orthopaedics team as a  
** Senior Human Factors Engineer** , based in Boston, MA; OR Raynham, MA.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.  Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopedics? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems.

Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at  

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

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* Summary:

** Our global Human Centred Research and Design team focuses specifically on advancing the needs of the Orthopedic Industry by placing our users at the center of our design process. We design solutions that span the full episode of care and balance the needs of various users; surgeons, hospital staff, patients and caregivers. Our team is comprised of Industrial Designers, Human Factors Engineers, UX/Interaction Designers, Information Designers and Design Strategists in six locations around the world.

** You will:*
* + Lead human factors efforts for programs from concept through post market support, supporting and influencing usability activities for product lines and programs with minimal oversight

+ Develop an understanding of intended use environments gained through time spent in the field, with a good understanding of intended user types formed through interactions with users

+ Require work on problems of diverse scope that impact the broader program team and business, and contributes to projects requiring identification and analysis of a variety of factors, demonstrating judgment in selecting methods and techniques for evaluations

+ Network with key contacts outside own area of expertise, contributes information to cross functional decisions; understands importance of alignment and…