Human Factors Expert

Location: North Chicago, Illinois, United States; willingness to travel up to 20% required.

Company

hirify.global develops innovative medicines, drug delivery systems, and medical devices addressing serious health challenges.

What you will do

• Lead human factors engineering strategies for combination product and medical device development projects.
• Design and conduct contextual inquiries, interviews, surveys, usability tests, and other usability assessments.
• Perform task, workflow, and use-related risk analyses and evaluate design mitigations.
• Collaborate with system engineers to define user needs, requirements, and user interface specifications.
• Design device user interfaces and instructional materials.
• Prepare human factors documentation for regulatory submissions and present findings to scientific and non-scientific stakeholders.

Requirements

• Master’s degree with 14+ years of related experience or PhD with 8+ years of related experience in Human Factors, Industrial Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, or an equivalent discipline.
• Strong knowledge of human factors methods and principles.
• At least 8–10 years of experience in user interface design and usability testing.
• Experience innovating and contributing to new or improved product releases.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, analytical, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work with internal colleagues, external collaborators, and third-party human factors firms.

Nice to have

• Experience in pharmaceutical or medical device product development.
• Working knowledge of medical devices, regulations, and standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with Human Factors, Engineering, Medical, Compliance, and Regulatory specialists.
• Opportunities to develop and implement improved human factors engineering approaches.
• Knowledge sharing, mentoring, and training across the function.
• Travel of up to 20% may be required.