Engineer, Usability & Human Factors

Engineer, Usability & Human Factors The Usability & Human Factors Engineer is responsible for contributing to the product development team, always paired with a senior Usability Engineer. You will help to ensure that Philips solutions are safe, effective, efficient, intuitive, and satisfactory to use. The role assists in all product development phases.

Your role:

• Use critical thinking to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. Drafts detailed use scenarios and conduct comprehensive task analyses to understand user interactions and workflows, facilitating the design of intuitive and efficient user interfaces.
• Conducts user research and develop detailed use scenarios and task analyses, gaining a deep understanding of user interactions and workflows to facilitate the creation of intuitive and efficient user interfaces. Analyzes the cognitive, physical, and situational contexts of product usage through a systems thinking approach, ensuring that all aspects of the user experience are thoroughly considered.
• Assists in usability studies (formative & summative evaluations) in compliance with relevant privacy and usability regulations. Conducts & supports comprehensive usability risk analyses (Usability FMEA) to identify and document potential use errors.
• Supports comprehensive usability inputs to the project team, including R&D, Marketing, Clinical, UI/UX Design, Medical Affairs, Medical Safety, Development Engineering, and Systems Engineering, ensuring that usability considerations are integrated into all stages of product development.
• Participate in usability impact assessments and design reviews to improve product performance and user experience. Creates the necessary usability documentation to ensure compliance with medical device regulations, maintaining detailed records that support regulatory submissions and product approvals.

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired minimal experience in usability/human factors engineering, requirements management, including usability and design risk management (like Usability FMEA).
• Your skills include: Usability Engineering, Product Quality and Reliability, Market Research & Analysis, Regulatory Requirements, Risk Assessments, Product Development Lifecycle Management, Technical Documentation, UI/UX Design.
• You have a Bachelor’s degree, required, Master’s Degree, nice to have, in Engineering, preferably Human Factor’s Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Bioengineering, or a related field.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
• You’re highly motivated, eager to learn, self-disciplined, open-minded individual who is a strong team player.