This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your Role at Baxter

At Baxter, we are growing through innovation! We are adding a Human Factors Engineer to our Round Lake, IL location, offering a flex/hybrid schedule.

Are you passionate about medical technology and devices and how they interact with patients? In this role, you get to work closely with our patients to improve their experience using our Renal Care products (potentially other product portfolios, too). You will make impactful recommendations for new product development and sustaining products on the market.

Using HFE principles, you will design, develop, and test products while working with global, multi-functional teams. Support the efforts for innovating new and improving existing medical products with invested teams (customers, marketing, and engineering).

Your Team

The work we do is meaningful and exciting, and can’t be done alone. Our teams collaborate dynamically to develop life-saving products. We offer autonomy and a flexible work environment. Come join us!

What you'll be doing

• Support the study of how our technology & medical products impact patient outcomes and drive research for medical devices and regulated healthcare products.

• Actively participate in device program teams to ensure sound human factors principles are considered and implemented.

• Create and communicate project plans, tasks, and results and manage time to meet project deadlines. This includes reporting pertinent information at key achievements through clear, concise communication across platforms.

• Find solutions and make recommendations based on a variety of technical inputs.

• Solving problems related to customer needs and product delivery.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree. Preferred discipline areas: Human Factors Engineering, Ergonomics, Applied Research Psychology, or Psychology.

• Ability to write user documentation and experience with writing protocols. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Ability to decompose complex problems into the actionable task list.

• 1+ years of related experience. Internships & Co-Ops will be considered.

• Regulated environment experience preferred. Medical Device experience strongly preferred.

• Understands user-centered design, heuristic evaluations, and design of experiments preferred.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of $52,800 to $132,000 plus an annual incentive bonus. The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Reasonable Accommodations

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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