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A Day in the Life

As a Human Factors Design Engineer II you will lead human factors and usability activities across the design development and sustaining engineering of innovative physiologic sensing technologies. You will ensure Medtronic products meet user needs and regulatory requirements through rigorous user research VOC (Voice of Customer) collection and usability evaluations driving safe effective and intuitive solutions.

This role may require traveling up to 25% of the time mostly local and domestic and occasionally international.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the human factors lead on cross-functional project teams focused on sensor design development and sustaining engineering for physiologic sensing technologies.

• Plan conduct moderate and analyze formative and summative usability evaluationsincluding simulated use studies.

• Lead in-depth interviews field observations and surveysto assess user needs and validate product safety and effectiveness.

• Help collect and synthesize Voice of Customer (VOC) feedback from clinicians patients and stakeholders to inform design direction and requirements development.

• Collaborate on sustaining engineering activities by evaluating use-related risks assessing the impact of product updates or changes and ensuring continued compliance with user needs and regulatory standards.

• Collaborate with engineering marketing regulatory and quality teams to develop and refine user requirements user needs use cases and system specifications for sensor products.

• Write and maintain usability engineering documentation (use specifications use related risk analyses study protocols and test reports) to support regulatory submissions and internal design controls.

• Analyze data from usability studies to identify root causes of use errors and drive actionable improvements in sensor system design and user interfaces.

• Prepare and present findings recommendations and usability impact analyses to product teams and leadership.

• Ensure usability engineering activities are planned executed and reported in accordance with relevant standards (IEC 62366 ANSI/AAMI HE75 FDA Human Factors Guidance and other global guidance).

• Manage schedules and status updates for usability engineering activities within sensor development projects.

• Mentor and provide technical Human Factors guidance to team members.

• Collaborate with team members across global time zones including participating in off-hours meetings and communications as needed.

• Domestic and international travel required to conduct or support usability evaluations collect VOC and collaborate with stakeholders and clinical users.

Minimum Qualifications(Must Have!)

• Bachelors degree in Human Factors Engineering Biomedical Engineering Industrial Engineering Systems Engineering or related field (or equivalent foreign degree)

• Bachelors degree and a minimum of 2 years of human factors engineering experienceOR an advanced degree with a minimum of 0 years of human factors engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in human factors engineering within the medical device industry

• Familiarity with global human factors guidance and regulatory standards (e.g. IEC 62366 ANSI/AAMI HE75 FDA Human Factors Guidance NMPA and other international equivalents).

• Experience conducting and moderating formative and summative usability evaluations.

• Experience working with clinical users and understanding of clinical use environments.

• Experience supporting sustaining engineering and VOC collection.

• Demonstrated ability to operate with autonomy manage multiple projects and influence outcomes through technical expertise

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Strong analytical organizational and detail orientation skills.

• Ability to prioritize workload independently

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.