Human Factors / Usability (UX) Design Engineer

Interested candidates can send your resumes to ravi@starkassociatesllc.com or contact phone: +1 848-300-0022

Primary duties include:

· Lead the definition, design, and execution of UXD/HF activities throughout product development

· Represent and advocate for UXD on programs by elevating customers’ needs

· Develop and evangelize HF-based product growth strategies and long-term roadmaps

· Teach HF processes and understanding of our customers to cross-functional project teams, senior leaders, and junior HFE associates

· Collaborate to find the best possible product for our customers by finding the sweet spot between customers’ needs, business constraints, and technical capabilities

· Communicate passion and empathy for the customer in a way that is contagious and inspires teams

· Plan and execute use error analyses, usability testing, and other required regulatory HF/UE work

· Create and track relevant ease-of-use metrics of success to prove ROI of UXD work

· Common tools used: task analyses, workflow diagrams, wireframes, user error analyses, usability tests, contextual research, sketches, card sorts, feature tradeoffs.

Minimum Qualifications / Education and Experience

• · Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Human Factors Engineering / Ergonomics, Usability Engineering, Cognitive/Experimental Psychology, Industrial Design, Engineering Psychology or equivalent degree

• · 8 years’ industry experience analyzing user needs via contextual research, usability testing, and other methods and translating those needs into medical device design decisions

• · 6 years’ experience guiding and prioritizing human factors activities on medical device systems

• · Extensive experience mentoring human factors engineers and cross-functional teams on HF methods and design thinking

• · Proven ability to influence without authority and persuade internal colleagues of the benefits of UXD

• · Excellent collaboration, communication, leadership, influencing, and presentation skills

• · Highly organized and able to work efficiently across simultaneous projects

• · Able to understand business goals and link them to design directions in short-term solutions that support long-term product visions and business strategies

• Assets:

• MS or Ph.D. strongly preferred with equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience with medical devices and regulated environments in software design and development (FDA, IEC 62366, AAMI HE75)

• Experience working in a Product development environment

• Experience working with data analytics and infographics

• Primary Work Location

• Salt Lake City , Utah

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