Principal Human Factors Engineer

Overview

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Apply human factors engineering principles to compose, develop, and evaluate medical products while working with cross‑functional project teams. With minimal mentorship, plan, schedule, and lead human factors engineering activities for innovating new and improving existing medical products with product collaborators (customers, marketing, and engineering).

• Develop and communicate project scope, plans, tasks and deliverables with program teams and manage time to meet project deadlines. This includes reporting pertinent information at key achievements through clear, concise oral and written communications.
• In partnership with other R&D teams, develop product prototypes for user interface evaluation and validation.
• Perform human factors/usability studies (formative and summative) for hardware, software, labeling, and disposable products.
• Present and advise on human factors topics across the organization.
• Without appreciable direction, responsible for directing and coordinating all human factors activities necessary to complete a major product development program or several small projects.
• Lead efforts to develop processes and procedures that align to Baxter initiatives and FDA/international human factors standards.
• Provide technical supervision to less experienced human factors engineers, and may be responsible for the management of a small work group.
• Participate in continuous learning initiatives to expand expertise in human factors engineering and enhance skills in emerging areas of user experience creation to boost personal efficiency.

• Bachelor’s in Human Factors Engineering (HFE), or a related field (such as Industrial Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Human‑Computer Interface, Applied Psychology, etc.);
  Master’s or PhD is desirable.
• At least 5 years of practical experience in human factors is required.
• Demonstrated expertise in HFE principles and methodologies (including ergonomics, human computer/machine interface, data collection, data analysis, etc.).
• Demonstrated expertise in implementing human factors methodologies throughout projects spanning the product lifecycle (including user research, prototyping, formative and summative product assessments, analysis of use‑related risks, etc.).
• Demonstrated track record in successfully applying HFE requirements/standards.
• Effective interpersonal abilities in both written and verbal communication.
• Shown capability to form conclusions and provide suggestions derived from technical inputs across various functions such as Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, etc.
• Demonstrated understanding of user‑centered development, heuristic evaluations, invention of experiments, and qualitative data analysis.
• Displayed capability in delivering technical leadership for HFE projects with considerable complexity and scope.
• Ability to solve HFE problems with minimal assistance.
• Ability to decompose complex problems into actionable task lists.
• Understanding of development requirements for composing, validating, and verifying medical products.
• Experience with operating in a regulated environment (e.g., FDA) with comprehension of implications for medical device and healthcare applications.

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