Human Factors Engineer – 606041
email: ken.anderson@intel.com
Description
If you have a strong background in human factors, interaction design, or user-centered product analysis, get excited about driving user-centered focus into business planning, have an appreciation for technology and find creative inspiration in the constraints imposed by real-world business demands, possess a specialists deep expertise and are willing to expand your current skill set, please send us a CV/resume, a cover letter explaining your interest, two or three professional references, and a sample of what you think is some of the best work you have done. The successful candidate will be joining a world-class team of industry researchers with a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds including social scientists, design researchers, interaction designers, human factors engineers, strategic planners, and technology innovators.
You should be intimately familiar with field studies, structured interviewing, user experience study design and moderation, qualitative data analysis and reporting, survey design, statistical analysis, heuristic reviews, requirements gathering, and influencing people and organizations. In addition, you should be familiar with ethnographic research, design research methodologies, and in designing/implementing innovative user experience studies in order to flesh out early conceptual ideas and define consumer experience focused direction for future Intel platforms and products.
This is a full-time position and salaries are competitive and commensurate with experience. We are a team that believes we achieve our best results when we work together, so candidates must be willing to relocate to the Portland, Oregon or Santa Clara, California areas for this position.
Responsibilities also include:
-Excellent understanding and knowledge of user experience, design principles and research methods
-Applying innovative user experience research methods and design thinking throughout planning and roadmap development
-Leading development of user experience strategy, positioning projects within a clearly articulated context of Intel’s business, industry/ecosystem developments, and emerging consumer behavior
-Ability to build consensus for user experience focused product vision and direction
-Proactive in keeping updated on emerging trends in technology, solutions, products, and services that will shape future consumer experience innovations and consumer expectation. Deep knowledge of mobile devices and services is a bonus.
-Fostering an environment of cross-disciplinary teams and flexible thinking; driving teams toward identifying concrete implications and embodying research insights
-Serving as a member of a cross-functional user experience research, experience design, and technology research team
-Creative problem-solving
-Self starter with ability to lead a project and independently implement an action plan
-Ability to network in a large, diverse organization in order to drive high quality results in a short time frame
-High tolerance for a dynamic work environment with rapidly changing priorities
-Excellent communication (written/verbal), presentation, and interpersonal skills
-Willingness and ability to travel (10-20%)
-Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.
Qualifications
THIS POSITION IS OPEN ONLY TO EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE THE INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (IMC) ORGANIZATION.
You must have a Ph.D. with two years working experience or a relevant master’s degree with at least three years of working experience as a human factors practitioner, usability engineer, design researcher, interaction designer, HCI, or related occupation.
Preferred areas of expertise include: social sciences, psychology, design research, or communication/information design
Job Category: Engineering
Primary Location: USA-Oregon, Hillsboro
Other Locations: USA-California, Santa Clara
Organization: Corporate Technology Group
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Job Type: Experienced
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Posting Date: Jul 14, 2011
Apply Before: Dec 30, 2011
Business Group
Intel Labs is the company’s world-class, industry leading research organization, responsible for driving Intel’s technology pipeline and creating new opportunities. The mission of Intel Labs is to deliver breakthrough technologies to fuel Intel’s growth. This includes identifying and exploring compelling new technologies and high risk opportunities ahead of business unit investment and demonstrating first-to-market technologies and innovative new usages for computing technology. Intel Labs engages the leading thinkers in academia and industry in addition to partnering closely with Intel business units.Intel recently announced the formation of a new research lab, under the leadership of Intel Fellow Genevieve Bell, that will be dedicated to exploring and envisioning the future of computing and will continue to evolve Intel’s long-standing emphasis on the importance of understanding (and designing for) the human experience in technological innovation. Here at Intel, we are extremely excited about this unique opportunity to lead a major corporate technology research lab from a human-centered perspective! We are looking for a select few talented folks who share that excitement to join our team in the Interaction & Experience Research Lab.
Hiring Manager: Booth,Cory J
Hiring Assistant: LINDA ILLIG
Job Grade: 07
Shift: Regular Days
Relocation Approved: Yes
