Human Factors Engineer

About the role

Join a leading diabetes-care medical device company and apply human factors principles to next-generation devices that make a direct impact on patient lives. You will work on a small, collaborative human factors team across the full design, evaluation, and validation cycle. This is a fully remote 6-month contract with a likely extension.

Responsibilities

• Author, review, and edit human factors documentation, including research protocols and reports, usability engineering plans, and use-related risk analyses
• Plan and conduct formative and summative studies to optimize device design and identify potential use errors
• Analyze formative results and recommend design improvements based on human factors guidelines and best practices
• Partner with the core team to confirm use-related risks are evaluated and risk controls are in place
• Keep the human factors process compliant with FDA-recognized guidance and standards, including IEC 62366 and HE75

Qualifications

Required: 5+ years of work experience, including 3+ years of human factors engineering in the medical device industry; demonstrated experience with use-related risk analyses on medical devices; deep understanding of FDA human factors guidance and standards (HE75, IEC 62366), with formative and summative usability study experience.

Preferred: Master's or Ph.D. in human factors or a related field; background knowledge in diabetes and diabetes-care devices.

Benefits

Eastridge Workforce Solutions offers the following benefits, subject to applicable eligibility requirements. Use this link https://applicantcenterstorage.blob.core.windows.net/public-documents/EWSb1cb390e-729b-47eb-ab2f-b92adafbdd07-2024EplicaBenefitSummaryTempExternal.pdf to learn more about benefits available to Eastridge’s temporary employees. Due to the varying length(s) of temporary assignments, Eastridge Workforce Solutions’ Temporary Staff are not eligible for paid time off, unless required by applicable state law in which the position is based. However, from time to time Eastridge’s clients may offer additional benefits to Eastridge employees while on assignment. Information about those benefits will be communicated when applicable.

Pay

$82.73 - $82.73/hour