Senior Human Factors Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Tech Center in Little Canada, MN in the EP division.

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Within the Electrophysiology R&D team, this role plans and conducts customer and competitive research to identify, prioritize/develop new projects, create detailed usability improvement plans/concepts, select/manage internal and external usability design resources, and lead internal and external development resources pertaining to HFE and user experience design work.  Responsible for usability initiatives across product/organizational lines, and for training staff members about relevant HFE theory, resources, and technology.  Identifies and routinely uses the most effective, cost efficient and best business practices to execute processes; continually evaluates their effectiveness and appropriateness.  Applies advanced HFE improvement principles to the evaluation and solution of complex product design problems.  Remains abreast of and consults on usability improvement advancements related to HFE capability.  Creates and trains others in the use of the most effective, cost efficient and best HFE related processes; continually evaluates their effectiveness and appropriateness.  Exercises independent judgment in the planning, organizing and performing work; monitors performance and reports status to manager within department.  

What You’ll Work On

Directing and coordinating all activities necessary to complete Human Factors engineering projects. Activities include, but are not limited to: 

• Using knowledge of customer needs, company technology, business plans, as well as market research and financial tools such as ROI, proposes and establishes the business case for HFE improvement projects. Communicates HFE improvement plans, concepts and status across R&D, development staff, and senior management where necessary.

• Plans and conducts worldwide customer, competitive, hardware and software industry HFE research to identify and prioritize improvement/design possibilities from an HFE perspective.

• Creates detailed usability improvement concepts and leads design teams. 

• Works across product lines, internal departments, and Company sites to create and manage usability improvement plans and usability standards.

• Contributes to the product charter/contract and works with multiple simultaneous R&D teams to successfully implement HFE improvement concepts.

• Leads and assists in the management of internal and external development resources, and assists in the development of HFE documents related to product design.

• Provides worldwide engineering management, and staff with training and mentoring on usability theory, resources, and technology pertaining to HFE.

• Creates and refines HFE related processes, and trains others in their use.