Senior Human Factors Engineer

Redbock - an NES Fircroft company; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Redbock - an NES Fircroft company in Minneapolis, MN is seeking a Sr. Human Factors Engineer for a 12-month contract with strong potential for extension or conversion.

This on-site role requires four days in the office per week and aligns with a team focused on formative, pre-summative, and HF validation for a class III medical device. You will own the study protocol, ensure accurate risk traces, coordinate recruitment and logistics, moderate sessions, analyze usability data, and write detailed

Qualifications

• URRA authorship required.
• HF validation study design and execution.
• Usability data analysis and report writing.
• Experience with formative and summative testing activities.
• Experience moderating study sessions.

Responsibilities

• Owns a study protocol including writing and ensuring risk traces are accurate.
• Coordinate participant recruitment and study logistics with research operations.
• Moderate formative and summative study sessions.
• Perform data analysis and synthesize findings.
• Write reports and communicate usability findings to teams.
• Collaborate with design and other functions to translate findings into design recommendations.

Skills

HF validation design

URRA author

Usability data analysis

Job description

Sr. Human Factors Engineer (12-month contract, strong potential for extension/conversion // Minneapolis, MN):

On-site - 4 days in office expected per week

Top 3 Skills:

• Human Factors validation study design and execution (as moderator)
• Use Related Risk Analysis author
• Usability data analysis and report writing

Primary Responsibilities:

This individual will work on a team with multiple Human Factors Engineering and systems engineers focused on formative, pre-summative, 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.

Target Years of Experience: 5-10 years of Human Factors Engineering experience

• Applies human performance principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of human-machine 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, use-related 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 human-machine interfaces.
• Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs theoretical human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans.

Must Haves:

• Use Related Risk Analysis (URRA) authorship
• Human Factors validation study design and execution
• Usability data analysis and report writing
• Experience with development and execution of formative and summative testing activities
• Experience acting as moderator for formative and summative study sessions