Medior Usability Engineer

Trinamics; Breda; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent secondment to leading health

Extensive benefits package

Job summary

Trinamics in Breda, Netherlands, seeks a Usability Engineer to analyze workflows, conduct user research, and define user needs for medical devices. You will craft usability plans and coordinate activities with project managers and clinical partners to ensure compliant designs.

You will plan and run usability evaluations, lead Usability FMEA, and analyze post-market data to resolve usability issues. The role requires strong English skills and deep knowledge of IEC 62366-1, FDA Human Factors, and

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of usability engineering experience.
• Hands-on task analysis and usability evaluation reporting.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Perform workflow analysis and user research to define user needs and usability requirements.
• Write usability engineering plans and coordinate usability activities with project managers and partners.
• Plan and run usability evaluations and ensure critical findings are resolved in design.
• Lead Usability FMEA and analyze post-market data for usability issues.
• Advise design team on usability impact of changes and support user-centred UI/UX solutions.
• Deliver usability evidence for product releases meeting regulatory, customer and business needs.
• Ensure usability engineering complies with IEC 62366-1, FDA Human Factors guidance and NMPA guidelines.
• Maintain good cooperation with other disciplines within the organisation.

Skills

Usability engineering

Task analysis

Usability evaluations

Regulatory awareness

English proficiency

Education

Master's degree

Job description

• You perform workflow analysis and user research to understand the context of use and define user needs and usability requirements.
• You write usability engineering plans and organise usability activities together with project managers, clinical marketing and other partners.
• You plan and run usability evaluations and make sure critical findings are resolved in the design.
• You lead the Usability FMEA and analyse post-market data to identify usability issues.
• You advise the design team on the usability impact of design changes and support user-centred, safe-to-use UI/UX solutions.
• You deliver the usability evidence for product releases that meets regulatory, customer and business needs.
• You ensure usability engineering is applied according to international standards such as IEC 62366, FDA Human Factors guidance and NMPA guidelines.
• You maintain good cooperation with other disciplines within the organisation.

Must-haves

• A master's degree in human factors engineering, HCI, cognitive science, product/interaction design or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in usability engineering, from gathering user needs to usability validation, preferably for medical devices.
• Hands-on experience with task analysis and with performing and reporting usability evaluations.
• Good knowledge of usability regulations for medical devices: IEC 62366-1, FDA guidance and NMPA.
• Understanding of quality management systems (QMS), risk management and cognitive ergonomics.
• The ability to write high-quality formal documentation.
• Excellent English, written and spoken.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of the healthcare domain and clinical workflows in hospitals.
• Knowledge of physical ergonomics.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teams within a complex global company.
• Strong communication, presentation, leadership and project management skills; independent and proactive with a customer-first attitude.

• A gross monthly salary between € 4,500 and € 6,000, depending on education and experience.
• A permanent contract through secondment with a leading health technology company.
• Meaningful work that directly improves patient safety and the daily work of physicians.
• Always a permanent job; no temporary projects.
• After a pre-agreed period, a transfer to the client is possible.
• An extensive package of secondary employment conditions.
• Plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development.