Human Factors Engineer - Cambridge, United States - Hi-Quality Recruits

Description

Job Description
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Human Factors Engineer to support a leading engineering consultant company in Cambridge, MA.

This is a hybrid contract role open to local candidates.
Duration: 8 months

Job Summary:
The Human Factors Engineer will be part of a cross-functional product development team which collaborates with clinicians and hospital staff across the country to define and validate user requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads usability testing to understand users, use environments, and user characteristics.
  
• Collect and analyze user behavior through lab studies, field visits, ethnography, and surveys.
  
• Develop designs and hardware/software requirements for innovative user interfaces.
  
• Support the documentation and organization of activities needed to achieve 510k approval.
  
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams made up of engineering, marketing, quality, legal, and manufacturing.
  
• Incorporate best practices from human factors and user interface design.
  
• Develops and maintains an understanding of the latest information regarding usability/human factors testing for medical devices.
  
• Work with outside vendors and consultants.
  

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Factors Engineering or other appropriate field with a human factor concentration (required)
  
• M.S. or PhD in Human Factors Engineering, or other appropriate field with a human factors concentration (preferred)
  

Required:

• 3 -5 years of demonstrated experience developing GUI and conducting user research, preferably in a medical arena.
  
• Knowledge of ANSI HE75, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, IEC62366
  
• Experience moderating user studies.
  
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills.

Preferred:

• Experience in software architecture and software implementation.
  
• Experience with Balsamiq and Adobe XD.
  
• Experience working with FDA guidelines.
  

Benefits

• Medical
  
• Dental
  
• Vision
  
• Great work environment
  
• And more
  

An equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. All aspects of employment are based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Requirements
Required: 3 years of demonstrated experience developing GUI and conducting user research. Knowledge of ANSI HE75, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, IEC62366 Experience moderating user studies. Excellent English written and oral communication skills. Preferred: 5+ years of demonstrated experience developing GUI and conducting user research, preferably in the medical arena. Experience in software architecture and software implementation. Experience with Balsamiq and Adobe XD. Experience working with FDA guidelines.