2024 Human Factors (HF) Intern

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Human Factors Internship Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

The AbbVie Human Factors (HF) team supports AbbVie’s mission by putting patients at the front and center of everything we do. The team supports development of combination products and medical devices by using research and usability testing to ensure that patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers can safely and effectively use the devices to take their medicines. The team includes experts in psychology, ergonomics, engineering, and user experience design and is a critical part of the research and development process.

Key responsibilities include:

• Review previous research and relevant standards.
• Develop a UI specification for a combination product.
• Develop draft guidance that lists considerations when generating user interface requirements.
• Present the outcome of their internship to Combination Product Development stakeholders.
• Participate and assist in HF activities for on-going projects as project timelines permit.

Minimum Qualifications  

• Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a Master’s Degree or PhD in Human Factors, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Science/Psychology, Industrial Engineering, or other related field.
• Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship.

Preferred Qualifications  

• Expected graduation date between December 2024 – July 2025.
• Completed courses in medical device Human Factors and product design.
• Experience with design projects that involved generating product requirements.
• Exposure to medical device Human Factors standards, e.g., FDA guidance on Human Factors, IEC 62366-1 and IEC 62366-2.

Benefits and Amenities

• Competitive pay.
• Relocation support for eligible students.

Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.