| Location: Cambridge | Salary: Negotiable |
| Sector: Medical Devices, Human Factors | Specialism: |
| Type: Permanent | Contact: Ian Cowx |
Human Factors Consultant (2)
Cambridge / WFH Hybrid.
2 roles avaiable, starting at 2 years of relevant experience, upper end of experience is open !
Salary start s at £35k for lower level role, upper end is negotiable.
These Human Factors Consultant positions are with a well-established independant Consultancy that has Human Factors at te core of the business, the dynamics here are all about working together to achieve more. You won't find inernal competition here, it is all about collaboration and enjoying success together.
We have exciting opportunities open for 2 Human Factors Consultants to join and work in an environment with excellent relationships with long standing clients.
In these roles you will have opportunities to work on a variety of projects, from supporting concept development of medical devices and systems through to validation.
You will be workign on combination products, and also medtech, diagnostics, and digital health. This opportunity is ideal for someone who wants to join a supportive and thriving business.
Job Description
Providing Human Factors input to a range of product development projects in the healthcare and life sciences industry. An emphasis on supporting the design and implementation of human factors research programmes, in line with sound research methodologies, best practice and regulatory requirements, during the development of new medical devices.
Key Areas:
- Supporting the human factors analysis of medical products including:
- Identifying and analysing the intended users, uses, use environments and training provided to users of medical products
- Researching known use issues of medical products currently on the market
- Analysing user interfaces and task prioritization using techniques such as Task Analysis and Perception, Cognition, Action (PCA) analysis
- Identification and analysis of use related risks associated with using a medical product
- Supporting the planning, execution and reporting of human factors research studies including:
- Formative testing conducted to inform the product development process
- Summative (validation) testing conducted to demonstrate that intended users can use the medical product safely and effectively
- Travelling, mainly within the UK and USA, to act as an observer and/or moderator in these studies.
- Conducting data collection, analysis, and documentation in a thorough and detailed manor and where appropriate, generating documentation to support regulatory submissions.
- Supporting medical device development programmes
- Contributing to the development of Team's knowledge and processes
- Communicating with clients
- Managing work packages or smaller projects (with support as required)
Qualifications & skills:
- Ability to conduct all desk-based research required for medical HF engineering
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Structured and methodical analysis of data and problem solving
- Proven ability to:
- plan and implement formative and summative user studies (including study moderation)
- analyse, report and present findings with clarity
- Must have experience of regulatory-focused medical HF (in a consultancy or a client company)
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