Human Factors Engineer

We are expanding our Human Factors Engineering team in our Boston studio and are looking for a motivated and curious Human Factors Engineer to join our dynamic group. You will work alongside a talented team of professionals within the broader Human Factors Engineering group which operates across our Boston Cambridge UK and Dublin offices. We support a wide range of medical device biotech and pharmaceutical companies collaborating with both large industry leaders and exciting startups. This is a great opportunity to grow your career and gain handson experience in humancentered design and usability engineering within the medical technology and healthcare space.

We are a humancentered group that partners with our clients to provide expert Human factors Engineering services whether its delivering an entire usability engineering program as part of our multidisciplinary device development teams guiding clients on HF regulatory strategy providing HF advisory support to our inhouse teams or conducting generative formative validation and comparison studies. We are part of PAs product development efforts where we collaborate with designers engineers and scientists to ensure products meet users needs from concept generation through launch.

You will be joining a highly skilled and friendly team that promotes autonomy trust flexibility and support for your career growth and development in line with your goals. The majority of the role can be completed from home but travel to the office client or research site will be required for certain projects.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with senior Human Factors Engineers to support usability engineering efforts for the development of medical devices and combination products.

Contribute to humancentered design and development activities for regulated medical products

Assist in planning and conducting usability studies (formative and validation) including moderating user research analyzing results and drafting reports.

Contribute to the creation of usability engineering documentation such as use specifications user interface specifications and risk analysis documents (e.g. UseFMEA).

Learn and apply human factors principles and medical device regulations (such as IEC 62366 FDA guidance and ISO 14971) under the guidance of senior team members.

Support HF validation testing providing input into test protocols and assisting with data collection data analysis and reporting.

Assist with tasks related to risk management including conducting task analyses and identifying userelated risks.

Present study results and project updates to clients and internal teams both verbally and visually in a clear and concise manner.

Participate in occasional travel to client sites and/or research facility locations (typically 2025% of the time).

Qualifications :

What You Bring

• At least 35 years of consulting and/or industry experience (Senior HFE) or 6 years of experience (Principal HFE)
• Bachelors MS or PhD in Human Factors Engineering HCI Behavior Sciences Experimental Psychology Cognitive Science Computer Science or a related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of relevant HF standards and guidance for medical devices and combination products (e.g. IEC 62366 and FDA guidance)
• Experience applying usability engineering processes to medical device development including:
• Contributing to the multidisciplinary humancentered design process with design input user needs capture and requirements definition
• Usability Engineering file development (e.g. use specifications expert reviews user interface specifications known use problem analysis HFE summary report)
• Understanding of userelated risk activities such as task analyses and UseFMEA.
• Formative and summative (HF validation) study planning moderating observation analysis and reporting.
• Project management and/or project leadership experience.
• A desire for a handson human factors position involving study conduct and a willingness to travel domestically and internationally when needed NOTE: travel varies based on project needs; typical travel for this role is approximately 2025% of the year.
• The ability to present complex data in a compelling and concise manner verbally and visually.
• We welcome individuals with a background in other (nonhealthcare) sectors if they demonstrate a strong willingness and ability to learn and adapt to new regulations standards and technical domain knowledge.

Nicetohaves

• An understanding of the medical device development process overall including design controls and verification and validation.
• Familiarity with ISO 14971 and risk management processes.

Why Join Us

Career Growth: We offer mentorship and support as you develop your skills in Human Factors Engineering and provide opportunities for career advancement.

Collaborative Environment: Work in a supportive and dynamic team where you can learn from experienced practitioners and contribute to meaningful projects.

Flexibility: Enjoy a flexible work environment with the option to work from home much of the time while still engaging with your team and clients in person as needed.

Impactful Work: Contribute to improving the design and usability of medical products that make a difference in peoples lives.

Additional Information :

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas styles and skill sets. This diversity stimulates a rich creative environment one in which our people develop and our clients enjoy enduring results. Were committed to recruiting promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PAs goals without regard to their sex race disability religion national origin ethnicity sexual orientation age or marital status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At PA Consulting it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $85k $120k.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime