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Human Factors Engineer
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San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92189, USA
Listed on 2026-02-16
Listing for:
Illumina
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-16
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Biomedical Engineer, Systems Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
US - California - San Diegotime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
41919-JOB## At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.## Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference.
Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.##
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* Position Summary:
** Illumina is seeking a Human Factors Engineer to join our growing team of experience designers and researchers as we build best-in-class customer experiences across all Illumina hardware and software products. You must be skilled with human factors and ergonomics research, applied cognitive research and human-machine integration design. Successful candidates should have a foundation in designing medical device experiences and be familiar with appropriate standards including IEC 62366-1 and
-2, ANSI/AAMI HE75 and FDA guidance on Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices.
Experience with international regulatory bodies including IVDD and EU IVDR 2017/746 is a this role you will be responsible for driving human factors across a wide range of projects and must be comfortable conducting human factors research to understand user needs and use-related risk analysis to inform the design of research and clinical products. Supporting usability risk analyses, coordinating with technical writing as well as planning, conducting, analyzing and reporting on formative, summative usability studies and final human factors use validation and human factors task knowledge studies is an integral part of the work.
Experience collaborating with regulatory groups to create human factors documentation required for medical devices and IVD submission to medical device regulatory agencies is a plus. You must be extremely organized, comfortable creating detailed documentation, and thrive in collaborating with others to drive towards success.
All About You
** Responsibilities:
*** Support the definition and design human factors solutions for new product development projects from product conception through post-release
* Provide Human Factors support across the product lifecycle including customer and user needs identification, development of user and use environment profiles and use cases, end-to-end workflows diagrams, requirements specification, information architectures, design concepts (e.g. creation of story boards), usability testing, summative usability studies, use error analysis and risk assessment
* Support the creation and execution of human factors plans, usability evaluations, scenarios/use case validations, human factors validation studies to ensure products can be used safely and effectively, and other user-centered design research
* Analyze and synthesize data from user research and usability studies, and partner closely with design and product teams to synthesize findings into actionable design requirements and specification.
* Support the development and maintenance of human factors documents, requirements, and use-related risk assessment analyses
* Suggest design recommendations based on userneedsand results from human factors formative and summative research across the product life cycle
All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.
** Requirements:
*** BS or MS Degree in Human Factors is required
* Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience; supporting hardware and software product development
* Demonstrated ability to support designs across…
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