Job Description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Jul 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life Senior Human Factors Engineer

Careers that Change Lives

We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

The Cardiac and Vascular Group brings all of our cardiac and vascular businesses together into one cross-functional, collaborative operating unit to employ the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe.
Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure offers devices and therapies to treat abnormal heart rhythms, as well as cardiac diagnostic and monitoring solutions.

We are looking for a Human Factors Engineer that is passionate about user-centered design and able to design and develop next-generation products by integrating the Voice of the Customer into our future pipeline of cardiac products and therapies. Youll work in our multi-disciplinary team to understand product requirements, identify user needs through research, communicate a persuasive vision, create with cross-functional team members, and deliver a world class design solution.

This position is remote within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) operating unit. This role may require less than 20% travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

A Day in the Life

In general, the following responsibilities apply to the Senior Human Factors Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Applies human performance principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of human-machine systems and products in the healthcare space.
• Develops and implements research methodologies and statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes used in all phases of products development and processes.
• Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of concept selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification and formal usability validation with intended users.
• Interfaces with design engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements and to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces.
• Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs theoretical human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans.
• Product lifecycle support including customer needs identification, user profiles, task analysis, user interface design, usability testing, hazard analysis, design validation, and post-launch outcomes analysis
• Leading Human Factors and User Experience activities and small teams to optimize the customers experience using our cardiac and vascular products.

Specialized Knowledge or Skills Required:

• Experience designing and evaluating software and hardware products using principles of Human Factors and Ergonomics
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and other Human Factors experts.

Qualifications

MUST HAVE - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or a technical discipline
• Minimum of 4 years of technical work experience in Engineering, Science, or advanced degree in Engineering, Science with 2years of technical experience.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of the application various human factors/usability engineering principles and tools in the design, development, and evaluation of hardware and software products brought to market.
• Ability to integrate creative skills with innovative problem-solving techniques to develop design concepts.
• Experience creating Interactive Graphical prototypes (wireframe) using Visio, Axure and/or Photoshop.
• Experience designing and validating Software Human Computer Interfaces for a variety of screen sizes.
• Experience designing and validating Hardware User Interface to include physical ergonomics and anthropometry.
• Experience conducting user research or observational research and usability studies.
• Strong oral and written technical communication skills. Strong ability to work with and lead multidisciplinary teams that may include other HF experts.
• Ability to quickly understand and become proficient in domain knowledge.
• Embraces change and ability to multi-task continuously.
• Ability to work independently with limited guidance and develop comprehensive plans and solutions to complex issues.
• Strong negotiation, conflict management, and influence management skills.
• Have a working knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
• Previous work experience in the medical industry.
• Knowledge of product development processes based on IEC 62366.
• Experience integrating human factors engineering into a product development process.

Nice to Have:

• Demonstrated experience designing consumer-level mobile and web applications.
• A strong portfolio with relevant examples of finished work, wireframes, prototypes, specification documents and process flows. The portfolio must contain recent work examples from your professional experience.
• Experience using product design tools such as Sketch and prototyping tools such as Axure and InVision (or equivalent).
• Experience in user research methodologies and ability to conduct research or partner with vendor.
• Working knowledge of XML / XAML / CSS / JavaScript.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Lets work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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 accommodation 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.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$120,000.00 - $180,000.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

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