Johnson & Johnson

Senior Human Factors Engineer

Johnson & Johnson

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cincinnati • New Jersey • Ohio • United States

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Salary

💰 $92,000 - $148,350 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Leads or supports human factors efforts for programs from concept through post market release, supporting and influencing usability activities for product lines and programs with minimal oversight.
  • Support user research and insights discovery through design thinking, planning, coordination, observation, data collection, analysis, documentation and collaboration with cross-functional teammates throughout a robust usability engineering process.
  • The position will interact closely with multiple product development teams across multiple platforms to complete the necessary usability research and documentation and partnering with business leaders/stakeholders to ensure success.
  • Develop a good understanding of intended use environments through field visits at multiple locations, and gain insight into intended user types through direct interactions with users
  • Work on problems of diverse scope that impact broader program team and business and leads projects requiring identification and analysis of a variety of factors, demonstrating judgment in selecting methods and techniques for evaluations.
  • Mentors’ others on project deliverables and supervises/directs third party contractors/consultants; including reviews of deliverables to ensure accuracy.

Requirements

  • BS/BA Degree in Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Usability Engineering, Cognitive Science, Anthropology, or equivalent; Post-Graduate Degrees (MS, PhD) are a plus
  • Minimum of 5 years’ human factors/usability engineering experience/use case validation testing or equivalent experience in product development and customer interactions
  • Experience in the planning and execution of all aspects of the HFE process including ethnographic research, formative and summative studies, documentation for design control and risk management, including moderating of studies
  • Familiarity with FDA, ISO, AAMI, and other relevant usability regulations and standards
  • Preferred: Strong knowledge of human factors principles; working knowledge of task and use-related risk analysis methods
  • Knowledge of user interface and user experience principles for hardware and software, workload, human perception and cognition
  • Basic knowledge of anthropometrics, biomechanics, and physiology
  • Experience consolidating user feedback into concise, meaningful design insights and actionable recommendations
  • Experience in ability to negotiate with stakeholders and provide disposition feedback and/or suggestions for edits or new entries
  • Experience performing root cause analysis for use-related problems
  • Experience partnering with R&D, Marketing and Development teams to define and act as a guardian in upholding the best usability practices.
  • Medical Device product development or experience is a strong plus.
  • Clinical experience and/or professional experience/degrees in software development and/or GUI development is a strong plus.
Benefits
  • medical, dental, vision, life insurance
  • short- and long-term disability
  • business accident insurance
  • group legal insurance
  • retirement plan (pension)
  • savings plan (401(k))
  • Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – 56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – 13 days per calendar year
  • Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
  • Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
  • Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member
  • Caregiver Leave – 10 days
  • Volunteer Leave – 4 days
  • Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Human Factors EngineeringUsability EngineeringCognitive ScienceEthnographic ResearchFormative StudiesSummative StudiesTask AnalysisUse-related Risk AnalysisRoot Cause AnalysisUser Interface Principles
Soft skills
MentoringCollaborationNegotiationJudgmentCommunicationAnalysisDocumentationPlanningCoordinationObservation
Certifications
BS/BA Degree in Human Factors EngineeringPost-Graduate Degrees (MS, PhD)