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Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Director – Human Factors Engineering

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMilpitas, CA, USA$172k - $344k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or another scientific or engineering field is required.
  • At least 10 years of management and technical management experience in the medical device industry, including at least five years in a senior management role, is required.
  • A demonstrated track record of building and driving high-performance teams in a highly regulated environment and shipping multiple products is required.
  • Experience leading Human Factors activities across the product lifecycle, including ethnographic research, user needs identification, workflow and task analysis, requirements development, user interface design, user error analysis, usability testing, and validation testing, is required.
  • Extensive knowledge of the medical device development process from needs definition through regulatory approvals, production, launch, and product lifecycle maintenance is required.
  • The ability to work with cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership is required.
  • The ability to interface professionally with customers is required.
  • The ability to quickly assimilate advanced domain knowledge is required.
  • The ability to find pragmatic solutions to highly technical challenges is required.
  • Verbal, written communication, and presentation skills are required.
  • The ability and willingness to travel, including internationally, is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, vision, and direction for the ADC Human Factors Engineering and Usability Function.
  • Develop and leverage product development and data interpretation, and establish external relationships to drive human factors and usability work.
  • Collaborate across R&D and the division to develop tools that optimize products and development-program strategy and budgets.
  • Develop processes, tools, and methods to advance evaluation of product designs and concepts at all design phases.
  • Collaborate with upstream partners, including product managers, market research, and UX designers, to streamline development and reduce risk.
  • Provide effective people leadership, including to staff up to senior manager level, manage manager- and administrative-level direct reports, and provide management guidance to their organizations.
  • Coordinate high-level program management and strategic division ownership for analytical methodologies, approaches, and techniques for product characterization.
  • Direct product-development activities to achieve agreed scope, timeline, and budget.
  • Recruit, coach, and develop organizational talent.
  • Foster a diverse workplace that enables participants to contribute to organizational objectives.
  • Create an entrepreneurial environment.
  • Provide general direction to managers, exempt specialists, and non-exempt support across areas, groups, and operations.
  • Keep the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision-making and action.
  • Plan and conduct worldwide customer, competitive, and software industry research to identify and prioritize usability improvements and solutions.
  • Build strategic partnerships and interact with executive management, regulatory agencies, customers, vendors, and suppliers.
  • Coordinate across functional areas, business units, and geographies to achieve division goals.
  • Provide global strategic marketing, engineering management, and staff with training and mentoring on usability theory, resources, and technology.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, including FDA regulations.
  • Make and execute operational decisions with a strategic perspective.
  • Direct and control the activities and budget of one or more functional areas, product groups, or third-party vendors.

Desired Qualifications

  • A Ph.D. in Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or another listed scientific or engineering discipline is preferred.
  • Experience in medical device development, especially in systems engineering and/or risk management, is preferred.
  • Working knowledge of cardiac electrophysiology is preferred.
  • Working knowledge of Human Factors/Usability Engineering regulatory standards is preferred.

About the Company

Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Abbott makes medical devices, diagnostic tests, nutrition products and branded generic drugs for hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and patients. Its best-known product is the FreeStyle Libre, a coin-sized sensor worn on the upper arm that tracks blood sugar around the clock without routine finger pricks. Its other lines run from heart valves, pacemakers and brain stimulators to lab analyzers, rapid tests and mail-in colon cancer screening kits, and Abbott earns money by selling these products to health systems, labs, retailers and consumers. The company was founded in 1888 by Chicago physician Wallace Abbott and is based in Abbott Park, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Abbott Park, IL
Founded
1888

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