Usability Engineer

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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.

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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.

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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.

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