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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 hands-on experience in human-centered design and usability engineering within the medical technology and healthcare space.
We are a human-centered group that partners with our clients to provide expert Human factors Engineering services, whether it's delivering an entire usability engineering program as part of our multi-disciplinary device development teams, guiding clients on HF regulatory strategy, providing HF advisory support to our in-house teams, or conducting generative, formative, validation, and comparison studies. We are part of PA's 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 human-centered 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., Use-FMEA).
• 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 use-related 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 20-25% of the time).
What You Bring
Nice-to-haves
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 people's lives.
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. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s 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.
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