Human Factors Engineer — Medical Devices (Hybrid)

Astro Studios; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group medical insurance

401(k) Savings Plan with company match

15 days paid vacation

Job summary

PA Consulting Group in Boston seeks a Human Factors Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team focused on medical devices and healthcare products. You will support usability engineering programs, contribute to HF documentation, and help ensure regulatory compliance across projects.

The role emphasizes hands-on study design, data analysis, and collaboration with designers, engineers, and scientists. Travel to client sites is expected 20–25%.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years industry or consulting experience.
• Bachelor's or MS in Human Factors Engineering, HCI, Behavior Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Science, Computer Science or related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of HF standards and guidance for medical devices (IEC 62366, FDA guidance, ISO 14971).
• Experience applying usability engineering processes to medical device development (use specs, expert reviews, UI specs, risk analysis).
• Formative and summative HF studies planning, moderating, analysis, reporting.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (approx. 20-25%).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior HF Engineers to support usability engineering for medical devices and combination products.
• Contribute to human-centered design and development for regulated medical products.
• Assist in planning and conducting usability studies, moderating research, analyzing results, drafting reports.
• Create usability engineering documentation (use specs, UI specs, risk analyses).
• Learn and apply HF principles and medical device regulations (IEC 62366, FDA guidance, ISO 14971).
• Support HF validation testing, assist with test protocols, data collection and reporting.
• Assist with risk management tasks, including task analyses and Use-FMEA.
• Present study results and updates to clients and internal teams clearly.
• Occasional travel to client sites/research facilities (20-25%).

Skills

Human Factors Engineering

Usability testing

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or MS in Human Factors Engineering, HCI, Behavior Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Science, Computer Science

Job description

PA Consulting Group in Boston seeks a Human Factors Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team focused on medical devices and healthcare products. You will support usability engineering programs, contribute to HF documentation, and help ensure regulatory compliance across projects.

The role emphasizes hands-on study design, data analysis, and collaboration with designers, engineers, and scientists. Travel to client sites is expected 20–25%.