Lead Human Factors Engineer
Lead Human Factors Engineer
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$ 141000 - 227700
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At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech 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 more at
Job Function:
R&D Product DevelopmentJob Sub Function:
Industrial Design & Human FactorsJob Category:
Scientific/TechnologyAll Job Posting Locations:
Santa Clara California United States of AmericaJob Description:
Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Lead Human Factors Engineer to join the OTTAVA team. This location for this position isSanta Clara CA.
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology were developing the next generation of smarter less invasive more personalized treatments.
Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery Ready to join a team thats reimagining how we heal Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the worlds most prevalent conditions such as obesity cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at this critical role you will contribute to the vision and delivery of the OTTAVA Robotic Surgical System. Youll lead Human Factors activities for this system and collaborate on breakthrough medical technologies that unite multiple subject areas to help build and deliver J&J MedTechs multi-quadrant surgical robotic system to markets globally.
Overview:
Our team is comprised of Human Factors Engineers Industrial Designers and UX Designers. Together we help shape the user experience for OTTAVA Johnson & Johnsons new surgical robotic system.
As a Lead Human Factors Engineer you will be responsible for running sophisticated HF workstreams as the primary individual contributor along with providing mentorship review and leadership across a broad range of HF workstreams. Youll bring experience and creativity that will help our team navigate interesting questions and challenges in the world of medical robotics. Our collaborative culture heavily emphasizes growth and development and youll help mentor and develop HF talent to help continually set a high standard for the team.
Does the idea of working in medical robotics excite you Are you a top technical leader who is motivated by impacting patients globally with your work If so wed love to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
Drive human factors and usability strategies from initial concept through post-market support actively supporting and shaping usability efforts across product lines and programs with minimal direction.
Tackle complex issues of varying scope that affect the wider program team and business leading projects that involve identifying and analyzing multiple factors while demonstrating sound judgment in choosing appropriate methods and techniques for evaluations.
Collaborate with R&D Marketing Medical Safety Regulatory Affairs Clinical Engineering and Quality Engineering to design evaluate and provide guidance on solutions and their user-related impact throughout the entire care process ensuring a balance of the needs of users surgeons hospital staff and patients in alignment with the technical development roadmap.
Prepare precise and concise usability engineering documents for multiple projects in a timely manner including task analyses usability risk assessments use specifications test reports and root cause analyses and usability engineering plans.
Act as internal expert and advisor on human factors (including ergonomic and anthropometric principles) and continuously improve our HF process to align it with standards and guidances while also customizing it for the specific realities of our business.
Mentor other engineers on project and supervise/direct third party contractors/consultants; including reviews of results to ensure accuracy.
Network with multi-functional team beyond own area of expertise actively contribute to multi-functional decision-making and advocate for the voice of the customer from a human factors and technical application perspective in new product development. Recognize the importance of alignment and negotiation to ensure seamless collaboration and successful outcomes.
Required Education:
Bachelors Degree in Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Usability Engineering Cognitive Science Anthropology Biomedical Engineering or equivalent.
Experience and Skills:
Required
Minimum 8 years work experience in human factors/usability engineering experience/use case validation testing or equivalent experience in product development and customer interactions. (Note: Post-Graduate Degrees (MS PhD) may be considered as part of the applicants professional experience.)
Demonstrated proficiency with the human factors engineering process including research planning risk assessment user interface requirements and regulatory submissions.
Demonstrated ability to negotiate with stakeholders and provide disposition feedback and/or suggestions for edits or new entries to risk management documentation.
Expertise in planning executing documenting and reporting usability testing including moderation of studies.
Ability to own and/or support user workflow and user interface designs including the negotiation of design recommendations to mitigate use errors and improve usability.
Proven knowledge of the IEC 62366 standard and the FDA guidance on human factors engineering.
Solid understanding of ISO 14971 and IEC 62304.
Medical Device product development or experience working in a highly regulated industry.
Fluency in English both written and verbal.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% both domestically and internationally.
Preferred:
Clinical experience and/or professional experience/degrees in software development and/or GUI development is a strong plus.
Hands-on experience contributing to the development of both software and hardware solutions.
The Company maintains highly competitive performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporations performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Companys discretion on an individual basis.
Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical dental vision life insurance short- and long-term disability business accident insurance and group legal insurance.
Employees may be eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Companys long-term incentive program.
Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation up to 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay including Floating Holidays up to 13 days per calendar year
Work Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits please go to: job posting is anticipated to close on 08/14/25. The Company may however extend this time-period in which case the posting will remain available on to accept additional applications.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation please email the Employee Health Support Center () or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $141000.00 to $227700.00Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Employment Type
Full-Time
