Principal Human Factors Engineer specialized in Lifesciences (Medical

Job Title: Principal Human Factors Engineer specialized in Lifesciences (Medical Devices)Location: Fort Worth, TX Apply user-centered design principles to theResearch, design, and development of Alcon’s Digital Health Suite and Surgical Instrumentationprojects. Apply Human Factors Engineering (HFE) methods and principles to design and develop productsthat meet customer technical/functional specifications as well as manufacturingcost/efficiency requirements. Accountable to delivering on traditional HFE activities and deliverables such as HFE Plans, Development of Task Analysis to support Risk management activities, planning and conductingusability evaluations, cognitive walk-throughs, data analysis to identify opportunities andcontrol risks,effectively report on formative and summative evaluation results, and proactively presentrecommendations to product teams. Author Human Factors artifacts required for regulatory compliance, specifically IEC 62366, AAMI HE75, FDA Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering toMedical Devices.Supportive requirements: This specialized skillset works integrally with product teams to ensure optimal usabilitycharacteristics and use safety of current and future Alcon products. This position serves to identify, define, analyze, validate and report on Human FactorsEngineering and Usability considerations to ensure they are incorporated in the design processrelated to Alcon products. The position also involves advocacy for end users through the conduct of interviews or surveysof users or customers to collect information on topics such as use-related requirements, userisks, needs, user profiles, task analysis and user interfaces. Additionally, the position involves needs assessment of the user-interface elements andusability characteristics of both current and future Alcon products, with special emphasis onaspects related to use safety. The contracted service is accountable for ensuring user needs and requirements are translatedinto design concepts in collaboration with the product design teams. Maintain awareness of the state-of-the-art methods as applied to life-sciences / medical deviceindustry. The contracted service is expected to plan and own their activities including collaborating withmulti-disciplinary teams, including design, engineering, marketing, quality, regulatory, andclinical areas.Candidate minimal requirements: Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (Assoc.+ 11 yrs; M.S.+ 5 yrs;PhD+4 yrs) The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English. At least 4 Years of Experience delivering HFE support of medical device (SiMD, SaMD, etc)development Must have delivered the full HFE file to support at least one successful medical device FDAapproval and IEC 60601-1-6 certification (IEC 62366 TRF)