Principal HF Engineer - Medical Devices & Digital Health

RiseMe; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Principal-level Human Factors Engineer to lead strategic HF integration across physician- and patient-facing medical technologies. The role sits in Milpitas or Alameda, CA, and engages with product, engineering, regulatory, and executive teams to drive usability excellence from concept to post-market optimization.

The candidate will shape risk-informed design, usability validation plans, and regulatory submissions while mentoring HF teams and advancing a consumer-grade

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Factors, HCI, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of human factors/usability engineering experience in regulated medical device or digital health.
• Ability to influence program teams on HF strategy and regulatory submissions.
• Experience interfacing with healthcare professionals and patients.
• Knowledge of usability engineering standards and risk management integration.
• Excellent communication and ability to translate findings into design implications.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the human factors vision and strategy across physician and patient-facing medical and digital health solutions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on usability engineering, risk-informed design, and human-centered innovation.
• Influence product strategy by translating user needs, clinical workflows, and behavioral insights into design and system requirements.
• Partner with executive leadership to ensure human factors considerations shape product roadmap, risk posture, and market differentiation.
• Lead and innovate through ambiguity and tension of user & market needs, technical viability and business timeliness

Skills

Usability engineering

Human factors leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Human Factors / related field

Job description

Abbott is seeking a Principal-level Human Factors Engineer to lead strategic HF integration across physician- and patient-facing medical technologies. The role sits in Milpitas or Alameda, CA, and engages with product, engineering, regulatory, and executive teams to drive usability excellence from concept to post-market optimization.

The candidate will shape risk-informed design, usability validation plans, and regulatory submissions while mentoring HF teams and advancing a consumer-grade