Usability Engineer (all genders)

Job Title

Usability Engineer (all genders)

Your Role

• Plan and execute the human-centered design process in alignment with project stakeholders and create the necessary usability documentation to ensure compliance with medical device regulations.
• Evaluate design concepts and prototypes with the involvement of representative users. Collaborate with designers and engineers to improve designs iteratively and incrementally.
• Plan, conduct, and report usability studies in compliance with usability regulations.
• Own and conduct comprehensive use-related risk assessments with cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Contribute to effective teamwork, receive guidance, and be a proactive team player, offering a point of view.

You Should Bring The Following

• 3-5 years of professional experience in the field of medical technology or a similarly regulated environment
• You have a Bachelor's degree in Human Factors Engineering, Human‑Computer Interaction (HCI), Design Research or related discipline, or equivalent professional training experience.
• Your skills include experience with Usability standards and guidelines such as IEC 62366, FDA Guidance for Human‑Factors and ISO 14971.
• Your skills include experience with human-centered design methods, such as focus groups, interviews, contextual inquiries, usability evaluation, documentation, and reporting.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive, and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
• You have demonstrable usability experience from relevant companies, agencies, institutions, or own consultancy.
• You independently work on project activities with a good understanding of budget and time constraints, driving efficiency, and facilitating design quality reviews.
• You are willing to work together with or consult business stakeholders, actively manage relationships, challenge the status quo to drive innovation, and step up for the user.
• You are willing to travel abroad for workshops and Usability studies.
• You are fluent in English, good German language skills preferred.

Philips Benefits For You

• Annual leave: 30 days
• Mobility and devices: subsidized Germany ticket, leasing opportunities for private use (bicycles, cars, smartphones,…)
• Philips University & Philips in Balance: Wide range of professional training courses and for personal development & Healthcare
• Philips Pension Fund: Employer-funded pension plan
• “Partnerzeit” – two paid weeks off after your partner has given birth
• Philips MyShop: Discount on Philips products
• Free drinks and low prices in our canteen and Café Philistro
• Culture: Informal culture, a paid day for voluntary work, various team/cultural activities (on sustainability, diversity, ...), etc.

How We Work Together

We believe that we achieve better results when we work together rather than apart. For this role this means to be on-site at least 3 days a week.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. With patient safety and quality as our fundamental premise, we focus on regulatory requirements and quality standards in our daily work. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.