Senior Human Factors Engineer/ Usability Engineer

3 days ago

Galway, Galway, Ireland Aerogen Ltd. Full time
Overview

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Aerogen is headquartered in Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world. Aerogen is a world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery, recognised with MedTech awards and the Zenith award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, delivering patient care improvements in hospitals and across 80 countries.

Our team collaborates to innovate and test products and processes to deliver better patient care. As we grow, our core culture of "We Care" connects us globally, and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential.

What is the role?

The Senior HFE/UE will join Aerogen's R&D User Experience department and will be responsible for coordinating, conducting, analysing, and reporting formative and summative human factors studies on Aerogen products in hospital, home and EMS environments.

Responsibilities
  • Company Subject Matter Expert (SME) on IEC ; Application of Usability Engineering to Medical Devices.
  • Working knowledge of HE75 Human Factors Engineering - Design of Medical Devices.
  • Working knowledge of FDA Guidance - Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices.
  • Support usability engineering activities across multiple projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve product design, packaging, labeling, and instructions for use to reduce use errors.
  • Conduct formative and summative usability studies across hospital, home and EMS environments.
  • Generate HFE/UE reports and files for regulatory submissions in Europe and the US.
  • Key member of MDR project teams.
  • Design and develop instructions for use and evaluate how they can be improved.
  • Work in compliance with medical device industry best practices.
Education and experience
  • Qualification in Engineering, Technology, Science, Psychology, Human Factors Engineering, User Experience, Product design or similar with a minimum 6 years' experience in the medical device industry.
  • Experience with various user research methodologies such as ethnographic research, interviews, contextual inquiries, use scenarios, focus groups, device user interface evaluation, task analysis, hazard analysis, use-related risk analysis, formative and summative studies.
Key skills
  • In-depth knowledge of IEC : Application of usability engineering to medical devices.
  • Strong organisational, project management and communication skills.
  • Empathy and good people skills.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.
  • Flexibility to travel to conduct studies.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team.
What is it like to work at Aerogen?

We aim to transform patient lives and nurture a culture of discovery. We offer opportunities for development, employee programs, and a range of rewards and benefits for our global team. We provide information about life at Aerogen on our careers site.

  • Opportunities for development and professional growth.
  • Aerogen Connect – our employee-led program to unite and engage global teams.
  • We donate 1% of profits and time to charities and organizations.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Industries: Medical Equipment Manufacturing


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