How much does a Usability Engineer make in California? The average Usability Engineer salary in California is $169,776 as of March 26, 2024, but the range typically falls between $154,925 and $185,350. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on the city and many other important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession.

Based on HR-reported data: a national average with a geographic differential
Usability Engineer Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Usability Engineer Salary $141,404 CA March 26, 2024
25th Percentile Usability Engineer Salary $154,925 CA March 26, 2024
50th Percentile Usability Engineer Salary $169,776 CA March 26, 2024
75th Percentile Usability Engineer Salary $185,350 CA March 26, 2024
90th Percentile Usability Engineer Salary $199,530 CA March 26, 2024
25% $154,925 10% $141,404 90% $199,530 75% $185,350 $169,776 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What is a Usability Engineer ?

Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object such as a tool or device. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a software can be used by specified consumers to achieve quantified objectives with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a quantified context of use. The object of use can be a software application, website, book, tool, machine, process, vehicle, or anything a human interacts with. A usability study may be conducted as a primary job function by a usability analyst or as a secondary job function by designers, technical writers, marke...

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Location Coachella, CA Avg. Salary $162,233 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Acampo, CA Avg. Salary $164,542 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Acton, CA Avg. Salary $170,391 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Adelanto, CA Avg. Salary $161,926 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Adin, CA Avg. Salary $157,770 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Agoura Hills, CA Avg. Salary $167,928 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Aguanga, CA Avg. Salary $162,695 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Ahwahnee, CA Avg. Salary $153,306 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Alameda, CA Avg. Salary $187,784 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Location Alamo, CA Avg. Salary $187,323 Date Updated March 26, 2024
Job Openings for Usability Engineer in California
Hello, HCPL Global Consulting & Services is a pioneering Management & IT consulting firm that enables Government, Banking, Private and Commercial Sectors to transform best practice concepts into effective organizational capabilities. We offer and provide innovative solutions that help improve the performance of organizations and lead their business transformation. Here is our Highly Esteemed Client requirement. Kindly respond to this requirement with your resume, contact, visa status, rate and current location info to speed up the interview process. Job Title: Usability engineers (Medical Product Usability) Location: Orlando, FL Position Type: Contract to Hire/FTE or Perm Skills: Medical Product Usability, etc.. -Minimum 8+years of Total IT experience- Position Summary: Job Description: Atleast 2-5+ years progressive experience as usability specialist in Healthcare or another safety related field (e.g. aviation, military, automotive). Applies creative expertise on higher complexity pro
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GE HealthCare - Milwaukee , WI
Job Description Summary The GEHC Maternal Infant Care Business is shaping the future of medical technology in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Labor and Delivery care areas of hospitals. We are looking for a Lead Human Factors/Usability Engineer to join the Maternal Infant Care R&D team. Join a dynamic team dedicated to sending Moms and Babies home healthy. As a Lead Human Factors Engineer, you will be a core member of the Maternal Infant Care Program teams and will lead usability activities for new and existing products by defining usability strategies, planning tasks aligned with these strategies and executing usability activities based on user-centered design principles and customer needs. Job Description Roles and Responsibilities Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Observe the patterns of use and the use environment, analyze tasks, map workflows, interview users, organize focus groups, gather user requirements, create environment and user profiles, and repor
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L&T Technology Services - Bothell , WA
• At least 2-5 years progressive experience as usability specialist in Healthcare or another safety related field (e.g. aviation, military, automotive). • Applies creative expertise on higher complexity project or program level with a high level of content specialism to maximize patient and staff experience within your focus area by applying your experience of usability methodologies from initial research on user needs to workflow analyses to concept creation to formative evaluations and to summative evaluations . • Initiates and executes own analysis and research to gain deeper insights as input for solution creation. Report on results, draw conclusions and identify and communicate recommendations for re-design and usability requirements to relevant business stakeholders. • Actively drives effective collaboration through co- create approaches between Design and business stakeholders, being able to onboard and guide juniors and interns and willingness and ability to travel to customers
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Larsen & Toubro - Bothell , WA
About LTTS L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) is a global leader in Engineering and R&D (ER&D) services. With 719 patents filed for 57 of the Global Top 100 ER&D spenders, LTTS lives and breathes engineering. Our innovations speak for themselves – World’s 1st Autonomous Welding Robot, Solar ‘Connectivity’ Drone, and the Smartest Campus in the World, to name a few. With 62 Innovation and R&D design centers globally, company specialize in disruptive technology spaces such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Collaborative Robots, Digital Factory, and Autonomous Transport. Click here to learn more about LTTS- https://www.ltts.com/ Position Name/ Title: Usability Engineer Location: Bothell, WA Duration: Full time Job Description: At least 2-5 years progressive experience as usability specialist in Healthcare or another safety related field (e.g. aviation, military, automotive). • Applies creative expertise on higher complexity project or program level with a high level of content specialism
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Larsen & Toubro - Orlando , FL
About LTTS L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) is a global leader in Engineering and R&D (ER&D) services. With 719 patents filed for 57 of the Global Top 100 ER&D spenders, LTTS lives and breathes engineering. Our innovations speak for themselves – World’s 1st Autonomous Welding Robot, Solar ‘Connectivity’ Drone, and the Smartest Campus in the World, to name a few. With 62 Innovation and R&D design centers globally, company specialize in disruptive technology spaces such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Collaborative Robots, Digital Factory, and Autonomous Transport. Click here to learn more about LTTS- https://www.ltts.com/ Position Name/ Title: Usability Engineer Location: Orlando, FL Duration: Full time Job Description: At least 2-5 years progressive experience as usability specialist in Healthcare or another safety related field (e.g. aviation, military, automotive). • Applies creative expertise on higher complexity project or program level with a high level of content specialism
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Larsen & Toubro - Orlando , FL
About LTTS L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) is a global leader in Engineering and R&D (ER&D) services. With 719 patents filed for 57 of the Global Top 100 ER&D spenders, LTTS lives and breathes engineering. Our innovations speak for themselves Worlds 1st Autonomous Welding Robot, Solar Connectivity Drone, and the Smartest Campus in the World, to name a few. With 62 Innovation and R&D design centers globally, company specialize in disruptive technology spaces such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Collaborative Robots, Digital Factory, and Autonomous Transport. Click here to learn more about LTTS- https://www.ltts.com/ Position Name/ Title: Usability Engineer Location: Orlando, FL Duration: Full time Job Description: At least 2-5 years progressive experience as usability specialist in Healthcare or another safety related field (e.g. aviation, military, automotive). Applies creative expertise on higher complexity project or program level with a high level of content specialism to max
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