Senior Human Factors Design Engineer - Medical Devices

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive seeks a Senior Human Factors Engineer to lead usability research, design validation, and risk analysis for next-generation surgical robotics. You will work with designers, engineers, regulatory affairs, and product managers to ensure products are usable, safe, and compliant across international markets.

The role requires ownership of usability inputs, performing formative and summative evaluations, translating user needs into requirements, and supporting regulatory submissions with

Responsibilities

• Lead usability research and usability validation activities across product development teams.
• Translate user needs into usability requirements for interface design and training.
• Author and maintain usability engineering documents for regulatory submissions.
• Collaborate with regulatory, quality, and design control teams to define submission strategies.

Job description

Intuitive seeks a Senior Human Factors Engineer to lead usability research, design validation, and risk analysis for next-generation surgical robotics. You will work with designers, engineers, regulatory affairs, and product managers to ensure products are usable, safe, and compliant across international markets.

The role requires ownership of usability inputs, performing formative and summative evaluations, translating user needs into requirements, and supporting regulatory submissions with