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Senior Human Factors Research Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-20 → 2026-07-31

Core

Conduct end-to-end experimental and real-world behavioral research on the psychology, biomechanics, and physiology of end users to de-risk product design strategies and establish product claims for robotic teleoperation systems.

Role type

Senior Human Factors Research Engineer (IC)

Builds

Novel evidence-based strategies, tools, concepts, and experimental instrumentation for commercialized and future robotic surgical products.

Domain

Medical robotics / Human-Computer Interaction / Biomechanics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | research

Required skills

Experimental research design and execution, AI/Machine learning, Literature review and study design, Ethics review management, Data processing and analysis, Scientific manuscript authorship, Bioinstrumentation development, Data infrastructure management, Python, C++, Snowflake, Databricks

Preferred skills

Neuromotor/Sensorimotor Control research, Neuroscience, Computational Psychology, Differential Psychology, Medical device industry experience

Technologies

Python, C++, Snowflake, Databricks, ETL pipelines, BI systems

Responsibilities

Propose and position research plans across products; Conduct experiments end-to-end ranging in scale and complexity; Lead data processing and analysis; Develop and validate novel bioinstrumentation and psychometrics; Manage data management governance and data infrastructure; Translate scientific evidence into actionable product design strategies and requirements.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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