Senior Human Factors Engineer job in Cambridge at Willcox Matthews Ltd

Brief Role Description:

We are supporting our client who are a successful manufacturer of Safety Critical Components, in their search for a Senior Human Factors Engineer to join their expanding team.

Responsibilities:

* Leading the human factors engineering efforts in the company’s research and development team

* Engineer subsystems and interfaces to improve user experience whilst at the same time considering the cost and manufacturability of the design

* Lead the planning, moderating and analysing of risk and opportunities

* Lead the planning, moderating and reporting of formative and summative usability studies

* Help mentor, teach and grow colleagues

To join our world-class team, you’ll be an excellent team-player, comfortable working in a non-hierarchical environment and enthusiastic and just as keen as we are to produce a world-class medical product. Specific skills and attributes we are looking for include:

* Previous significant experience in working as part of a development team to meet Human factors and usability objectives in a dynamic, challenging and exciting environment

* Strong interpersonal skills across a diverse range of engineering, clinical and business disciplines

* Articulate; to ensure we excel, you’ll need to be a strong communicator (whether that’s in what you say or what you write) with excellent attention to detail

* Not only will you be comfortable observing and interviewing people in clinical situations, you’ll also be great at putting them at ease

* A proven ability to synthesise a lot of information and distil it into meaningful actions

* A track record of consistently producing valuable, well-written, deliverables containing solid and actionable recommendations

It would be great if you had some or all the following hands-on experience:

* Applying human factors methodologies for EU, ISO & FDA regulated medical devices

* The pragmatic application of IEC 62366 and HE-75 in the development of medical devices

Job Application:

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply to send a copy of your full CV - or call us now.

Whilst this position may not be of interest to you or suit your skills and experience, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with a member of the team at Willcox Matthews to understand how we can support you.

We receive a large number of applications for all of our positions – Therefore, If you have not received a response within 10 working days, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the UK