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Senior Human Factors Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Cupertino, CA$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead experience definition for intelligent systems and emerging interaction paradigms, translating user needs and behavioral insights into specifications that guide engineering and product decisions. Balance human factors, data strategy, and design research to drive evidence-based, people-centered experiences throughout product development.

Responsibilities

  • Define experience targets, interaction models, and success criteria for new product concepts, translating user needs, cognitive constraints, and behavioral insights into clear specifications that guide engineering implementation.
  • Partner with product, design, engineering, and data leadership to shape product vision, influence technical tradeoffs, and ensure experiences are grounded in human-centered rationale
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple project teams — mentoring engineers and researchers, representing human factors in system design reviews, developing scalable methods that elevate the team’s ability to define experiences systematically, and strategize communication methods and means to influence project team and leadership decisions.

Qualifications

  • MS or PhD in Human Factors Engineering, Design Research, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, or related field
  • 7+ years of industry experience applying design research and/or human factors methods to new product development in technology
  • Demonstrated ability to define product experiences end-to-end — from early concept through requirement specification
  • Strong expertise in at least two of the following: Design research methods (contextual inquiry, diary studies, participatory design, ethnographic research, survey design), Qualitative research and synthesis for experience strategy, Interaction design for intelligent/adaptive systems, Multimodal interaction (voice, touch, gesture, gaze, spatial), or Human-AI interaction and automation/autonomy frameworks
  • Hands-on experience conducting research with early stage prototypes
  • Experience building persona frameworks
  • Experience defining data requirements for ML/AI-driven user experiences
  • Familiarity with privacy-preserving approaches to behavioral data collection
  • Track record of shaping product direction at early stages (0-to-1 product definition)

Skills

Required:Experience design and requirement specificationDesign research methodsQualitative research and synthesisInteraction design for intelligent/adaptive systems
Nice to have:Multimodal interactionHuman-AI interaction and automation frameworks

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational expense reimbursement including tuition
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission potential and relocation eligibility
  • Employee stock programs including RSUs and purchase plan
Last updated Jul 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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