Usability Designer

Philips•Cambridge, MA

3d•$129,000 - $205,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Usability Designer within Philips' Ambulatory Monitoring & Diagnostics (AM&D) business, you will play a critical role in shaping products that improve patient outcomes and clinician experiences around the world. You'll champion user-centered design, ensuring our solutions are safe, effective, and intuitive while advocating for the needs of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals across a global portfolio of innovative products and services.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in usability engineering for complex systems, preferably with medical devices.
Experience across the product lifecycle, from user needs and task analysis to validation and post-market follow-up.
Knowledge of cognitive and physical ergonomics.
Familiarity with quality management systems and risk management principles, and the ability to produce high-quality formal documentation.
A bachelor's or master's degree in human factors engineering, human-computer interaction (HCI), cognitive science, product or interaction design or similar discipline.
Ability to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

An understanding of regulatory requirements for medical device usability, including FDA guidance and IEC 62366-1.

Responsibilities

Defining usability activities across all development phases in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, including UX designers, clinical specialists, product managers, researchers, and system engineers.
Conducting user research, task analysis, and developing use scenarios.
Providing usability input to the design of user-centered and safe-to-use solutions.
Leading usability FMEA activities.
Planning, executing, and reporting usability evaluations and ensuring critical findings are addressed.
Conducting summative evaluations and creating the usability engineering file in compliance with FDA guidance and IEC 62366-1.
Analyzing post-market and telemetry data to identify usability issues.