Usability Engineer (On-site)

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 116,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers in Minneapolis seeks a Usability Engineer to lead human factors activities for medical devices, collaborating with UX, product management, risk and quality teams.

You will apply IEC 62366-1, conduct usability studies, and ensure documentation meets regulatory requirements while supporting global releases. Travel about 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with human factors, biomedical, or related field.
• 5+ years applying human factors, ergonomics, usability engineering, or HCI standards in product design.
• Experience with complex, enterprise products in regulated industries is an asset.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Familiar with IEC 62366-1 usability engineering standards for medical devices.

Responsibilities

• Lead usability engineering activities with quality, risk management, and validation stakeholders.
• Incorporate human factors knowledge into the product development cycle and use feedback to improve design.
• Conduct usability assessments and testing; present findings to stakeholders.
• Determine required level of usability engineering support based on project scope.
• Coordinate engagement of external clinical experts in line with quality and compliance.

Skills

Human factors

Usability engineering

Ergonomics

English communication

HCI knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (human factors/biomedical) or related field

Experience with IEC 62366-1

Job description

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, productmanagers, 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.

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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

Siemens Healthineers is an Equal Opportunity and AffInative Action Employer 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.

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.

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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