Senior Human Factors Engineer

Planet Pharma; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Pharma in Minneapolis, MN is seeking a Human Factors Specialist on a 12-month contract to lead HF validation efforts for a neuromodulation device. The role centers on owning study protocols, coordinating recruitment, moderating usability sessions, and delivering data-driven design recommendations.

The ideal candidate will have a university degree with several years of HF experience, strong analysis skills, and the ability to collaborate with engineers and researchers to improve

Qualifications

• Requires advanced knowledge of Human Factors with practical project experience.
• University Degree required; 4+ years relevant experience, or advanced degree with 2+ years.
• Experience designing study protocols, data collection, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Owns a study protocol, writes the protocol and ensures that risk traces are accurate.
• Coordinates participant recruitment and study logistics with research operations.
• Moderates formative and summative usability sessions and analyzes data.
• Writes reports and collaborates with design teams on usability-based recommendations.

Skills

HF validation

Risk analysis

Usability testing moderation

Education

University degree

Job description

12-month contract, potential for extension/conversion

Minneapolis, MN 55432

Additional position details from the manager added to the job description:

Can you please confirm your top 3 skills sets required? Human Factors validation study design and execution (as moderator), Use Related Risk Analysis author, usability data analysis and report writing

Can you please confirm the 3 main responsibilities/day to day activities required for this role? This individual will work on a team with multiple HFE and systems engineers focused on formative, presummative, and HF validation for a class III medical device. They will be responsible for owning a study protocol – writing the protocol and ensuring that risk traces are accurate, working with research operations on participant recruitment and other study logistics, moderating formative and summative study sessions, completing data analysis, partnering with other functions to discuss design recommendations based on usability data, and writing reports

What products (if any) will this role support? neuromodulation system – particularly the use of clinician components of the system

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Applies human performance principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of humanmachine systems and products. Develops and implements research methodologies and statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes used in all phases of products development and processes. Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of concept selection/refinement, requirements development, userelated risk identification and formal usability validation with intended users. Interfaces with design engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements and to ensure optimized humanmachine interfaces. Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs theoretical human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans.

SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM:

Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects from design to implementation while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education (typically University).

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

• Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor. Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions. Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.
• Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
• Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties . Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area. Analysis provided is indepth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.
• Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors. Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decisionmaking.
• Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work product .

Required Knowledge and Experience:

Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have practical knowledge of project management. Requires a University Degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.