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Staff Human Factors Engineer at Abbott Laboratories Georgia
Abbott Laboratories
Staff Human Factors Engineer job at Abbott Laboratories. Georgia.
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Apply locations United States - Minnesota - St. Paul time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id 31063213 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, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION:
ABOUT ABBOTT
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, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 10 9 ,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Human Factors Engineer – Electrophysiology, St Paul , M N
Come join a growing team of H uman Factors Engineers and Designers , working on emerging cardiac ablation technologie s . This role will support the design of next generation cardiac ablation products , shaping the experience of its users.
Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) division, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
Position Responsibilities
- Provide human factors support to R&D teams
- Responsible for supporting 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
- Support program teams to ensure sound human factors principles are considered and implemented
Required Qualifications
- M.S. degree in Human Factors Engineering, or a related discipline required (e.g., Product Design, Usability Engineering, Cognitive Psychology, etc . )
- 3 + years of relevant human factors/usability engineering or design experience
- A bility to apply knowledge of human factors principles (human performance and limitations – perceptual, cognitive, motor skills, anthropomorphic) and techniques (user research, user-interface design, usability testing) to the design, development, and evaluation of hardware and/or software products
- Ability to support 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
- A bility to work with cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership
- Familiarity or experience with software and/or hardware user-interface design
- A bility to interface with customers in a highly professional manner
- Ability to quickly assimilate advanced domain knowledge
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Excellent collaboration and organization skills
- 10% Travel, including Internationally, by plane and by car
Preferred Qualifications and Education
- Ph.D. degree in Human Factors or related disciplines
- Experience in medical device development
- Working knowledge of cardiac electrophysiology
- Working knowledge of Human Factors/Usability Engineering regulatory standards
WHAT WE OFFER
At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:
- Training and career development , with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
- Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
- Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
- Paid time off
- 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
- The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities
Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at , on Facebook at and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
The base pay for this position is
$71,300.00 – $142,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY
Product Development DIVISION
EP Electrophysiology LOCATION
United States > Minnesota > St. Paul > Tech Center : One St Jude Medical Drive ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT
Standard TRAVEL
Not specified MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES
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Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 125 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.
The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.
We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott , to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
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Qualifications
- M.S. degree in Human Factors Engineering, or a related discipline required (e.g., Product Design, Usability Engineering, Cognitive Psychology, etc . )
- 3 + years of relevant human factors/usability engineering or design experience
- A bility to apply knowledge of human factors principles (human performance and limitations – perceptual, cognitive, motor skills, anthropomorphic) and techniques (user research, user-interface design, usability testing) to the design, development, and evaluation of hardware and/or software products
- Ability to support 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
- A bility to work with cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership
- Familiarity or experience with software and/or hardware user-interface design
- A bility to interface with customers in a highly professional manner
- Ability to quickly assimilate advanced domain knowledge
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Excellent collaboration and organization skills
- 10% Travel, including Internationally, by plane and by car
Benefits
- At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career
- Training and career development , with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
- Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
- Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
- Paid time off
- 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
- The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities
- $71,300.00 – $142,700.00
- In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted
Responsibilities
- This role will support the design of next generation cardiac ablation products , shaping the experience of its users
- Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve
- Provide human factors support to R&D teams
- Responsible for supporting activities necessary to complete human factors engineering projects
- 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
- Support program teams to ensure sound human factors principles are considered and implemented