Senior Human Factors Engineer — Onsite 4x/wk, UX

Planet Pharma; Lafayette (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Pharma is seeking a Technical Specialist to apply human-centered design to advanced energy medical devices. The role focuses on ergonomics, user experience, and formative testing across development stages, partnering with design engineers to shape products for optimal usability.

The position requires a BS or higher with 3+ years of relevant experience (or MS with 2+ years, PhD with 1 year). It is an onsite role with a 4-days-per-week onsite schedule and one flex day, offering a structured

Qualifications

• Education: BS or higher.
• Experience: BS+4 years, MS+2 years, PhD+1 year of applicable experience.
• Hours: 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Applies human centered principles to the design of human-machine systems and products.
• Develops and implements research methodologies and both qualitative and quantitative analysis plans to test and evaluate new concepts and developmental prototypes used in all phases of products development and processes.
• Designs and executes tests to simulate product use for the purposes of user need investigation, concept exploration/selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification and formal usability validation with intended users with design engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements and to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces and overall user experience.
• Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs theoretical human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans to inform the design direction of new product development.

Skills

Ergonomics

User Experience Design

Medical Device Formative Testing

Education

BS or higher

Job description

Planet Pharma is seeking a Technical Specialist to apply human-centered design to advanced energy medical devices. The role focuses on ergonomics, user experience, and formative testing across development stages, partnering with design engineers to shape products for optimal usability.

The position requires a BS or higher with 3+ years of relevant experience (or MS with 2+ years, PhD with 1 year). It is an onsite role with a 4-days-per-week onsite schedule and one flex day, offering a structured