Usability Designer
Breakthrough Innovation Teams (BRITE) are the embodiment of Philips' approach to driving breakthrough innovation by accelerating innovation to nurture nascent projects from early innovation stage to full ability to scale.
We are looking for a talented Usability Designer to join our team and lead the end-to-end usability testing activities to ensure that our solution will be safe, effective, and loved by our customers.
Your role:
Support the development of groundbreaking robotic procedure automation solutions that will advance patient outcomes, improve procedural efficiency, and position Philips as a leader in the targeted clinical segment.
Create usability engineering plan, develop testing protocols, and facilitate iterative user testing and expert review sessions, using the latest data-driven usability engineering tools and methodologies.
Conduct UFMEA (Use Failure Modes & Effects Analysis) and other Human Factors (HF) analysis to identify risk, errors, and failures in the design and workflow.
Document UFMEA results and work with stakeholders to create mitigation plan and design improvement.
Define and document usability requirements and work with product manager, system engineer and other R&D functions to translate usability requirements into product and technical requirements.
Manage formative and summative evaluation and create appropriate documentation as required by regulatory bodies (e.g., FDA, EUMDR, CMDE).
You're the right fit if:
You’ve acquired 3+ years of relevant experience in usability and have conducted UMFEA, formative, and summative testing.
You have:
Broad experience in Healthcare or other safety critical areas (automotive, aviation, military, etc.).
Expert knowledge of usability methodologies, processes and standards, particularly regulatory standards (FDA, IEC 62366-1, EU-MDR, CMDE).
Understanding of Risk Management process (ISO 14971).
You have experience developing and testing robotics solutions, preferred.
You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in design research, product design, interaction design, usability, human factors, or human-computer interaction.
You have great communication, collaboration and execution skills to perform with multidisciplinary and international teams. You have a deep commitment to prioritizing customer needs and enhancing customer experiences in all aspects of your work. Your mindset is entrepreneurial, and you have a track record of working on pioneering innovations.
You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.
Additional Information
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.
Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Cambridge, MA.
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