Usability Engineer
Nederland, Noord-Brabant, Eindhoven
Fulltime: 40 hrs a week / € 3000 - 5000 per month
Experience: From 4 years
Medical devices
Introduction
As a Usability Engineer, you ensure that complex medical devices are safe, intuitive and compliant. You lead usability evaluations, translate user needs into requirements and provide evidence for regulatory approval. In this role, you directly influence patient and user safety while working on innovative medical technology.
What are you going to do
As a Usability Engineer, you will work within an international medical technology environment on sophisticated medical devices and systems. Your main objective is to ensure that products are safe and effective to use and meet applicable usability and human factors requirements.
You take ownership of usability engineering throughout the product development lifecycle, from understanding user needs and clinical workflows to risk analysis, validation and post-market follow-up. You collaborate with engineers, designers, risk managers, clinical specialists and other stakeholders and independently defend usability findings and recommendations.
What will you do?
- Plan, conduct and document usability evaluations for complex medical devices.
- Perform workflow, task and user research and translate findings into usability requirements.
- Lead usability risk analyses and Usability FMEA activities and ensure identified risks are properly addressed.
- Deliver usability documentation and evidence throughout product development and support regulatory compliance.
- Analyze post-market information and identify usability-related risks and improvement opportunities.
- Advise UI/UX designers and engineering teams on safe and user-centered design solutions.
- Apply usability engineering according to standards and guidance including IEC 62366-1 and FDA Human Factors guidance.
- Coordinate usability activities with multidisciplinary stakeholders and ensure critical findings are incorporated into the design.
Essential skills and knowledge
You are an independent and proactive Usability Engineer who can take ownership with limited guidance. You communicate convincingly, confidently advocate for user needs and are comfortable coordinating multiple activities in a complex international environment. You work accurately, write high-quality documentation and can defend your findings with different stakeholders.
In addition, you have:
- A Master's degree in Human Factors Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Interaction Design or another relevant discipline.
- At least 3 years of relevant usability engineering or human factors experience, preferably with complex medical devices.
- Hands-on experience conducting usability evaluations and usability risk analyses.
- Knowledge of IEC 62366-1, FDA Human Factors guidance and medical device usability requirements.
- Understanding of QMS, risk management and clinical workflows.
- Excellent English communication and documentation skills.
What we offer
You will work within an international medical technology environment where usability directly contributes to product and user safety. You can expect:
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A gross monthly salary between €3.000 and €5.000, depending on knowledge and experience.
- Extensive training and development opportunities through the Brunel Academy.
- A pension scheme and collective insurance benefits.
- Personal guidance and career support from Brunel.
- The opportunity to contribute to innovative and complex medical technology.
About Brunel
Brunel Engineering connects technical professionals with leading organizations in high-tech, engineering and medical technology. Through Brunel, you work on challenging projects while continuing to develop your expertise and career.