Human Factors Manager: Usability & Patient Safety Leader

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Human Factors Manager to lead usability research strategy and mentor the HF team in translating insights into actionable requirements. You will collaborate with design engineering, product, and regulatory partners to ensure usability goals are met across development stages.

This role emphasizes patient-first care and safety in a regulated environment. The manager will steer cross-functional initiatives, prepare design controls documentation, and support regulatory

Qualifications

• Lead usability research strategy across projects in a regulated design controls environment.
• Mentor HF team members to translate design insights into actionable usability requirements.
• Coordinate with clinical engineering, software, product and program management teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and support usability research strategy aligned with HF group initiatives.
• Forecast planning and budgeting for usability research and testing resources.
• Mentor HF team members to translate insights into usable requirements for devices.
• Execute usability research across stages from prototypes to regulatory validation testing in US/OUS markets.
• Advocate for patient-first caregiver experiences balancing user needs with business goals.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Usability research

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Tools

Design controls

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Human Factors Manager to lead usability research strategy and mentor the HF team in translating insights into actionable requirements. You will collaborate with design engineering, product, and regulatory partners to ensure usability goals are met across development stages.

This role emphasizes patient-first care and safety in a regulated environment. The manager will steer cross-functional initiatives, prepare design controls documentation, and support regulatory