Senior Engineer, Human Factors,

Baxter International Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Baxter International Inc. in Bengaluru, India, invites an experienced Human Factors Engineer to lead HF activities across product development.

You will apply human factors principles to design, evaluate, and improve medical products with cross-functional teams, from early concepts to validation. Role requires 5+ years in HF, strong communication, and hands-on experience with user research, risk analysis, and formative & summative evaluations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Factors Engineering or related discipline; master’s preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in human factors.
• Experience applying HF techniques across product lifecycle.
• Experience implementing Human Factors Engineering requirements/standards.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to draw conclusions from inputs across Marketing, Quality, Regulatory.

Responsibilities

• Apply human factors engineering to design, develop, and evaluate medical products with cross-functional teams.
• Plan, schedule, and lead HF activities for new and improved products with stakeholders.
• Perform usability assessments for hardware, software, labeling, and disposables.
• Develop product prototypes for UI evaluation and validation.
• Participate in project teams to ensure HF principles are applied.
• Organize and drive usability studies with formative and summative assessments.

Skills

Human factors

User-centered design

Heuristic evaluations

Design of experiments

Qualitative data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Written & verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Factors Engg or related

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Trackwise

JIRA

Job description

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Your Role at Baxter

Apply human factors engineering principles to the design, development, and evaluation of medical products while working with cross-functional program teams. With minimal guidance, plan, schedule, and lead human factors engineering activities for innovating new and improving existing medical products with product stakeholders (customers, marketing, and engineering).

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and communicate project scope, plans, tasks and deliverables with program teams and manage time to meet project deadlines. This includes reporting pertinent information at key milestones through clear, concise oral and written communications.
• Perform human factors/usability assessments for hardware, software, labeling, and disposable products by applying principles in ergonomics, human machine interface, anthropometrics, data analysis, etc.
• In partnership with other Research & Development teams, develop product prototypes for user interface evaluation and validation.
• Actively participate in project teams to ensure sound human factors principles are considered and implemented.
• Participate / Organize / Drive Usability studies with customers including Formative & Summative assessments.
• Draw conclusions and make recommendations based on a variety of technical inputs.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Factors Engineering (HFE) or a related discipline, such as Industrial Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Human-Computer Interface (HCI), or Applied Psychology; a master’s degree is preferred.
• A minimum 5 years of working experience in human factors.
• Proven experience in applying human factors techniques on programs across product lifecycle (user research, use-related risk analysis, formative & summative product evaluation, etc.).
• Proven experience in the effective implementation of Human Factors Engineering (HFE) requirements/standards.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in written and verbal form.
• Demonstrated ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied functions (Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, etc.).
• Demonstrated understanding of user centered design, heuristic evaluations, design of experiments, and qualitative data analysis.
• Experience in quality management systems, such as Trackwise, JIRA, etc.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally.