Senior Human Factors Design Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Apr 2026 At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. A Day in the Life A Day in the Life As a Human Factors Design Engineer, you will be accountable for supporting and owning the human factors activities required for HealthCast projects. The Human Factors Design Engineer will also collaborate with the UI/UX Designers to ensure designs are meeting user needs established. Responsibilities Include: Strong understanding of user experience principles, which are customer facing and additionally medical device centered. Applies human centered principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of software and hardware medical device products Develops and implements research methodologies to test and evaluate new concepts and developmental prototypes used in all phases of product development and processes Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of user need investigation, concept exploration/selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification and formal usability validation with intended users Responsible for defining and maintaining the human factors process for the organization Establishes user needs to ensure optimized interfaces and overall user experience Identifies and analyzes problems or risks, performs human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans to inform the design direction of new product development Responsible for human factors research and activities for a single product while supporting human factors needs on other products Responsible for collaboration with other Human Factors Design Engineers to align on design briefs and expectations for the program Collaboration with Chief Designer and other UI/UX designers to conduct design research, build journey maps and user personas Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously and keep organized and multitask. Understanding of business needs with product management experience Understanding of stage gate processes for projects within the medical device project lifecycle Organizational collaborator on DH&AI enabled initiatives to leverage cross disciplinary and globally distributed teams to craft high-quality products and services that customers love and drive preference Collaborate with other leaders to ensure successful development, release, and launch of world-class product (portfolio/program) Must Have: Minimum Qualifications 10 years' experience in the medical device industry in systems, digital or software development with proven record of accomplishment. Knowledge of Agile methodology is nice to have. Experience in 5 major product or portfolio releases. Experience in a regulated product industry is nice to have. Ability to quickly understand complex system behaviors, engineering problems, technical and architectural constraints. A robust design portfolio articulating past design work Excellent verbal and written and communication skills with an aptitude for convincing others, both internally and externally, of the value of their ideas. For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required. 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 accommod ... (truncated, view full listing at source)