Boston Scientific · 10 hours ago
Human Factors Engieer IV
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$89K/yr - $170K/yr
6+ years expBoston Scientific is a leader in medical science committed to solving health industry challenges. The Neuromodulation R&D team is seeking an experienced human factors engineer to contribute to the development of complex medical devices through user experience analysis and design processes.
Health CareMedicalMedical Device
No H1B
Responsibilities
Work cross-functionally with engineering groups, quality, regulatory, marketing, clinical, and R&D to ensure that products are safe and meet the needs of customers
Conduct early research, interviews, heuristic analysis, and contextual inquiry to gather design inputs ensuring customer and device interface quality needs are met for product development
Collaborate with Design Engineering, Design Quality Assurance (DQA) and technical writing staff to inform both usability engineering plan and risk documentation
Document product task and use error analysis by defining intended user profiles, use flow, use environments, tasks and potential use errors and associated hazards to inform design and potential risk mitigations
Define user interface specifications to generate design inputs/outputs, in support of developing mature system requirements that are testable from a usability perspective
Plan, write, conduct, and report on formative and summative usability studies for medical device products including EME. Document the Usability Engineering activities and prepare the Human Factors Usability Engineering Summary report
Supports team members by setting an example, coaching and providing feedback and guidance
Assist Regulatory with product submissions
Manage vendors
Qualification
Required
BS/BA in Engineering, Psychology or Industrial Design
Required minimum years of relevant work experience: 6 yrs experience, graduate degree preferred
Strong medical device development experience
Experience in Contextual Inquiry / gathering Design Inputs, Task and Use Error Analysis, and complex use flows
Formative and summative study design and execution
Documentation of usability study results (usability reports)
Experiencing managing outside vendors
Experience mentoring junior staff
Preferred
Experience evaluation both hardware and software
Experience in evaluating spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems
Experience conducting usability activities with physicians and lay users with cognitive and physical impairments
Ability to solve complex problems with root cause analysis, including designing and executing experimental plans and using statistical methodologies to drive data-based decisions
Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources
Excellent organizational, communication, and collaboration skills
Ability to work independently to plan, schedule, and execute activities necessary to meet project timelines
Discipline and standards knowledge specific to Human Factors Engineering
Contributions to the Human Factors / User Experience community
Company
Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a medical technology company that designs and develops medical devices to diagnose and treat a wide range of condition.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$10.02B2025-02-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.58B
2024-02-22Post Ipo Debt· $2.17B
2022-03-04Post Ipo Debt· $3.28B
Leadership Team
Michael Mahoney
Chairman, President & CEO
Daniel J. Brennan
Chief Financial Officer
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