Usability Engineer (On-site)

591x Varian Medical Systems, Inc.; United States; In loco; USD 116.000 - 159.000; Tempo pieno

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medical insurance

dental insurance

vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

life insurance

long-term and short-term disability保险

paid parking/public transportation

paid time off

paid sick and safe time

Descrizione del lavoro

Siemens Healthineers seeks a Usability Engineer to lead usability activities for medical devices. You will collaborate with UX, product management, risk, and quality teams to ensure safety and performance across hardware and software products.

This role requires residence in Minneapolis with travel up to 25%. You will integrate human factors into the development cycle, conduct usability testing, and ensure documentation aligns with IEC 62366-1.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (specializing in human factors or biomedical), human computer interaction, psychology or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience applying human factors, ergonomics, usability engineering, or human computer interaction standards in product design.
• Experience working on complex, enterprise products and ecosystems, in regulated industries is an asset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Clinical and/or healthcare product knowledge is an advantage.
• Familiarity with the requirements of applicable usability engineering standards for medical devices (IEC 62366-1)

Mansioni

• Realize usability engineering activities and documentation with quality, risk management, and validation stakeholders.
• Integrate human factors knowledge into the product development cycle and incorporate user feedback into design.
• Conduct usability assessments and testing and present findings to inform next steps.
• Assess and recommend the required level of usability engineering support.
• Engage external clinical experts in alignment with quality and compliance standards
• Execute within medical environment constraints.
• Lead usability engineering activities per internal work instruction.
• Ensure documentation complies with IEC 62366-1:2015.
• Represent usability engineering in audits.
• Collaborate to learn and grow and apply UX processes across development stages.
• Educate peers to grow the team’s competence
• Develop and improve tools, templates, and work instructions

Conoscenze

Human factors engineering

Usability engineering

Medical devices knowledge

English proficiency

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Descrizione del lavoro

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

As a usability engineer, you will work with a multi-disciplinary team of stakeholders to deliver compelling products within the standards for medical devices. A successful candidate will partner with user experience (UX) specialists, product managers, risk management, and quality management worldwide to enable the successful development and releases of complex hardware and software products across the spectrum of interventional oncology. This role will require the successful candidate to reside in Minneapolis with an expected 25% travel requirement.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the realization of usability engineering activities and documentation in collaboration with quality, risk management, and validation stakeholders
• You will integrate human factors knowledge into the product development cycle and incorporate subject matter expertise and user feedback into the design process to ensure safety and overall performance
• You will conduct usability assessments and testing as required and present findings to stakeholders to inform next steps
• You will assess and recommend the required level of usability engineering support, based on project scope and other factors
• You will be responsible for ensuring that we engage and compensate external clinical experts in adherence to our quality and compliance standards
• Executing within the medical environment constraints
• Lead the usability engineering activities for your project, according to our internal work instruction
• Ensure all documentation complies with IEC 62366-1:2015
• Represent usability engineering in audits
• Collaborating to learn and grow
• Partner with peers to understand and apply the UX process, to ensure UX is always embedded in key stages of the overall development process
• Actively engage with various stakeholders to continually evolve our methods and processes
• Act as an internal usability engineering subject matter expert, educating and supporting peers to grow the team’s overall competence
• Educate other experts from the UX department and involve stakeholders
• Develop and improve our tools, templates, and work instructions

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in engineering (specializing in human factors or biomedical), human computer interaction, psychology or related fields
• 5+ years of experience applying human factors, ergonomics, usability engineering, or human computer interaction standards in product design
• Experience working on complex, enterprise products and ecosystems, in regulated industries is an asset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Clinical and/or healthcare product knowledge is an advantage
• Familiarity with the requirements of applicable usability engineering standards for medical devices (IEC 62366-1)

What We Offer

In return for your hard work and dedication, you will have the opportunity to create new products that allow interventional oncologists to deliver innovative treatments to patients. If you are looking for an opportunity to work on exciting projects with cutting‑edge technology and make a difference in people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you. #LI-CORP1

Who we are

We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision‑making and treatment pathways.

How we work

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

The base pay range for this position is: $115,740 - $159,137. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company’s plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• life insurance
• long‑term and short‑term disability insurance
• paid parking/public transportation
• paid time off
• paid sick and safe time

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Siemens Healthineers is an Equal Opportunity and Affi encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law. EEO is the Law: Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination.

Reasonable Accommodations

Siemens Healthineers is committed to equal employment opportunity. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application, interviewing, completing any pre‑employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please fill out the accommodations form.

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Export Control: “A successful candidate must be able to work with controlled technology in accordance with US export control law.” “It is Siemens Healthineers’ policy to comply fully and completely with all United States export control laws and regulations, including those implemented by the Department of Commerce through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), by the Department of State through the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and by the Treasury Department through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions regulations.”

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Our culture

We are part of an incredible community of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, to improve people’s lives around the world. We embrace a culture of inclusivity in which the power and potential of every individual can be unleashed. We spark ideas that lead to positive impact and continued success.

We are a team of 72,000 highly dedicated employees across more than 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in healthcare to help improve people’s lives around the world. As a leader in the industry, we aspire to create better outcomes and experiences for patients no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio, spanning from in‑vitro and in‑vivo diagnostics to image‑guided therapy and innovative cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision‑making and treatment pathways.