R&D Engineer_Human Factors

Title: R&D Engineer_Human Factors

Location: St. Paul, MN

Duration: 12 Months (Possibility of Extension)

Hybrid; Onsite 3-4 days per week

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for coordinating all activities necessary to complete Human Factors engineering projects. Activities include, but are not limited to:
• Conducting ethnographic user research to identify user needs
• Translating user needs to requirements and product design concepts
• Developing prototypes to explore and validate product design concepts
• Performing workflow, task and use error analyses
• Conducting Formative Usability testing
• Conducting Summative Validation testing
• Participate on development program teams to ensure human factors principles are considered and implemented.
• Create and communicate project deliverables and manage time to meet project deadlines
• Proven ability to apply knowledge of Human Factors principles and techniques to the design, development, and evaluation of hardware and/or software products
• Experience leading Human Factors activities across the product lifecycle, including ethnographic research, user needs identification, workflow and task analysis, requirements development, user interface design, user error analysis, usability and validation testing
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership.
• Experience with software and/or hardware user-interface design
• Proven ability to interface with customers in a highly professional manner
• Ability to quickly assimilate advanced domain knowledge
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

Education:

• M.S. degree in Human Factors Engineering, Design, Cognitive Psychology, Anthropology, Human-Computer Interaction or a related discipline
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant Human Factors/Usability engineering experience in a product development environment

Preferred Qualifications and Education:

• Ph.D. degree in one of the above disciplines
• Experience in medical device development
• Working knowledge of cardiac electrophysiology
• Working knowledge of Human Factors/Usability Engineering regulatory standards

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.