Human Factors, Usability Engineer

As a Human Factors, Usability Engineer within Stryker’s Mako Enabling Technologies team, you will apply human factors engineering and usability principles to the development and evaluation of medical device solutions. You will partner across R&D and with clinical stakeholders to evaluate new technologies, translate user feedback into design requirements, and support the development and testing of complex product concepts.

This is a hybrid role based in Weston, Fl, requiring you to be on-site 2-3 days per week, so candidates must live within a commutable distance.

What You Will Do

• Represent R&D on cross-functional programs, translating internal customer objectives and user needs into clear design recommendations and technical direction.
• Plan, conduct, and analyze human factors and usability evaluations, using qualitative and quantitative data to identify usability issues and inform design decisions.
• Plan and execute testing to evaluate function, form, ergonomics, aesthetics, and usability.
• Partner with surgeons and clinical stakeholders in simulated and user environments to conduct interviews, observe product interactions, document feedback, and incorporate findings into product designs.
• Conduct cadaveric evaluations, including gathering stakeholder feedback and documenting findings and reports.
• Investigate novel technical and usability problems and design solutions that address identified user, product, and system needs.
• Integrate, administer, and validate development tools while applying applicable engineering processes, standards, methods, and design practices.
• Coordinate with cross-functional project teams to establish schedules, manage multiple priorities, communicate project status and risks, and train or mentor team members on established engineering practices, processes, and tools.

Required Qualifications

What you will need

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Factors Engineering, Usability, Human-Computer Interaction, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of experience supporting Human Factors Engineering or another related engineering discipline.
• Experience planning or conducting usability evaluations and analyzing qualitative and quantitative usability test data.
• Experience observing users in simulated environments and translating user interactions and observations into design inputs or recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Human Factors Engineering experience in a regulated industry such as medical devices, military, or aerospace.
• Experience working directly with clinical stakeholders or end users to evaluate product usability.
• Experience developing or evaluating product designs related to function, form, ergonomics, aesthetics, or usability.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and not require employment-based sponsorship now or in the future.

$89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.