Associate Director Engineering

Associate Director Engineering

Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission to serve patients living with serious illnesses drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller, happier lives.

Our award‑winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science‑based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Lets do this! Lets change the world!

The Associate Director, Human Factors & Usability Engineering (HF/UE), provides strategic and operational leadership for the integration of human factors, usability, and user‑centered risk management across Amgen’s product portfolio. This role ensures human factors and usability principles are embedded throughout the product lifecycle, from early concept development through post‑market surveillance, to deliver safe, effective, and intuitive products for patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.

• Lead, develop, and mentor a high‑performing human factors and usability engineering team.

• Build enterprise capability in human factors and usability by establishing scalable processes, tools, and best practices.

• Champion the integration of human factors, usability, and user‑centered design into product development processes.

• Define and drive HF/UE strategy aligned with regulatory requirements, development milestones, and quality systems.

• Oversee planning and execution of formative and summative human factors studies in alignment with FDA, EMA, MDR, ISO 62366, and global standards.

• Ensure seamless integration of HF/UE activities within design controls and risk management (ISO 14971).

• Author and review HF/UE documentation including plans, use‑related risk analyses, validation protocols, reports, and regulatory responses.

• Integrate use‑related risk management across the product lifecycle to minimize on‑market risk.

• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Device Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Medical, Packaging, Manufacturing, and Operations teams.

• Provide HF leadership in feasibility assessments and early‑stage design decisions.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Psychology, or related experience OR

• Masters degree and 7 years of Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Psychology, or related experience OR

• Bachelors degree and 9 years of Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Psychology, or related experience OR

• Associates degree and 12 years of Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Psychology, or related experience OR

• High school diploma / GED and 14 years of Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Psychology, or related experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 3 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.

• Advanced degree in Human Factors Engineering, Industrial Design, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, or related discipline.

• Experience in medical devices, combination products, or regulated…