Senior Human Factors Consultant - Medical Devices

Cambridge Design Partnership; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy in the UK is seeking a human factors and usability consultant to manage and deliver research activities that inform user interface design. The successful candidate will leverage 5-10 years of experience in the field, demonstrating a strong background in user research methodologies and project management. The role involves significant client interaction and the generation of regulatory documentation. Benefits include a discretionary bonus and extensive learning opportunities.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus

Excellent learning and development opportunities

12% non-contributory pension

Electric vehicle lease scheme

Share incentive plan

33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays

Qualifications

• 5-10 years industry experience post qualification as a Consultant or Senior Consultant.
• Experience in managing human factors projects with quality, costs, and planning responsibility.
• Ability to design and report on user research and usability studies for healthcare products.

Responsibilities

• Deliver human factors activities to inform user interface and experience design.
• Interact with clients to deliver insights from human factors research.
• Generate usability engineering documentation in line with FDA & EU requirements.

Skills

User research methodologies

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Education

1st or 2:1 degree in Product Design, Engineering, Human Factors, Psychology, or Social Sciences

Job description

Cambridge Design Partnership is a leading technology and product design consultancy, managing and delivering global project work for innovative consumer and healthcare companies. As one of our human factors and usability consultants you will be responsible for delivering human factors activities which inform user interface and experience design and manage user related risk. In a client facing role, you will be comfortable to interact with clients to deliver human factors activities and communicate human factors research insights.

About You

To succeed in this role you will be able to demonstrate the following:

• 1st or 2:1 degree in Product Design, Engineering, Human Factors, Psychology or Social Sciences related field
• The ability to rapidly absorb understanding in new areas of healthcare technology and apply this to projects

Experience

• An experienced Consultant / Senior Consultant with 5-10 years in industry post qualification
• Managing human factors projects and being responsible for quality, costs and planning
• Designing, moderating, and reporting on user research and usability studies for healthcare products (ideally both formative and summative)
• The application of user research and human factors methodologies during the NPD lifecycle
• Excellent presentation, written and oral communication and interpersonal skills which you will apply to build relationships with clients, cross disciplinary development teams and mentor junior staff
• Demonstrative experience of reporting on research activities and generating usability engineering documentation in line with FDA & EU requirements
• A willingness and ability to travel nationwide and overseas when needed
• Experience of the following would be an advantage; jobs-to-be done research, requirements development, user interface design, planning and implementation of client facing workshops

About Us

Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) is an end-to-end innovation partner, propelling global brands and ambitious start-ups to success. We build breakthrough products and services – from insight to ideas, prototypes to production – bringing innovation to life. Our teams are multi-disciplinary, uniting scientific rigor, design ingenuity, and engineering excellence for consumer and healthcare clients. People-centred, deeply collaborative, and – above all – expert, we’re uniquely positioned to shape the future for consumers, patients, and industry. Even our ownership model is innovative: We’re 100% owned by our employees, ensuring an open culture and a total commitment to our projects’ success. As part of our benefits package we offer:

• a discretionary bonus
• excellent learning and development opportunities
• a 12% non-contributory pension
• electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme
• share incentive plan
• 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays