HFE Intern Raritan Spring 2027

What you'd do

• Leverage human factors standards and best practices to inform new product designs and ensure concepts support safe, effective, and satisfying use.
• Support the planning, conduct, and reporting of various user research activities, including ethnography, focus groups, formative usability tests, and HF validation (summative usability) tests.
• Consolidate user feedback into meaningful design insights and actionable recommendations.
• Perform thoughtful and thorough root cause analysis for use-related problems that arise during hands-on usability tests.
• Understanding the use environments and participating in the creation of user workflows.
• Understand the regulatory imperative for medical device human factors, including relevant human factors standards and guidance documents, such as IEC 62366 and FDA's final HF guidance.
• Contribute to human factors documentation, including formative and summative test plans and reports, expert reviews, use-related risk analyses, use specifications, known problems analyses, and Human Factors Engineering reports
• Author study documentation (e.g., informed consent forms, study participant recruitment screeners, moderator's guides, use error checklists).
• Collaboration & mentorship with experienced engineers striving to represent the voice of the user/patient/customer with empathetic and user centered designs.
• Dynamic and respectful work environment where we live by the J&J Credo

What they want

• Must be enrolled in a college/institution and pursuing a either bachelor’s or master’s degree in Human Factors Engineering, Usability Engineering, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Mechanical Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering; PhD candidates will not be considered
• Only students in their 2nd year of bachelors or above will be considered
• Students must be authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship in the future.
• Availability for at least a 4-month co-op rotation
• A minimum GPA of 3.0, with demonstrated leadership/participation in campus programs and/or community service activities
• An understanding of the research process (planning, execution, analysis and documentation); design project experience or user centered research is preferred
• Knowledge of human factors and design principles; working knowledge of task and risk analysis methods, human perception, and cognition; basic knowledge of anthropometrics, biomechanics and physiology
• Experience consolidating user feedback into concise, meaningful design insights and actionable recommendations. Experience performing root cause analysis for use-related problems is preferred
• Familiarity with FDA, ISO, AAMI, and other relevant usability regulations and standards for medical devices is highly preferred

About Johnson & Johnson

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech Description The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices (JJMDC) Industrial Design, Human Factors, User Exprieence (IDHF/UX) organization is seeking a multi-faceted, exceptionally talented, user-centered Human Factors Engineer (HFE…