Human Factors Engineer

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  1. Contract
  2. English
  3. Mid-Senior level
  4. Research & Development
  5. Basel
  6. Healthcare & Life Sciences

Skills

Human Factors, Medical Devices, Product Development, User Studies

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For our client, one of the leading Healthcare & Life Sciences companies based in Basel, Swisslinx is seeking a highly motivated individual to take on a challenging role as Human Factors Engineer.

To support the development of the medical device team our client is seeking a human factors engineer to lead human factors activities in developing medical devices/combination product and apps from early phase to late phase development.

Duration: 6 months contract, extension possible

Your mission:
- Independently leading, planning, executing and reporting of human factors studies
- Roll out the Human Factors strategy by planning the activities accordingly and performing/documenting the planned activities
- Providing human factors support throughout the product development lifecycle
- Planning and executing formative and summative user studies
- Performing anthropometric, biomechanical, ergonomic, and systems safety analyses to identify and assess risk in product development
- Proposing design optimization of the developed product

Your profile:
- Bachelor’s or Master degree in engineering, ergonomics, psychology, human factors, usability, user interface design, industrial design/graphic design or related discipline
- Between 5 and 10 years of experience in applying Human Factors Engineering/usability to medical devices development, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry
- Good understanding and specific knowledge on applying Human Factors Engineering processes to medical device development
- Experience in developing apps, software and/or industrial design
- Experience in managing user studies
- Experience in developing and documenting Human Factors activities for medical devices as required by regulation
- Good understanding of the risk management activities
- Fluency in English language

If you believe you have the right skill set and would like to be considered for the role, please apply directly or send your CV to vasil.mihaylov@swisslinx.com

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