Philips

Usability Engineer

Posted Sep 22, 2026
Project ID: PHIAJP00004284
Location
Best
Hours/week
40 hrs/week
Timeline
4 months
Starts: Sep 1, 2026
Ends: Dec 31, 2026
Payrate range
5500 - 6400 €/month
Application Deadline: Sep 24, 2026 11:33 PM

Role: Usability Engineer

Contract: Via Randstad (Potential extension/transition to Philips payroll)

We are open for Freelancing possibilities.


Role Overview:

Play a crucial role in the enhancement and safety of healthcare solutions, ensuring excellent user experiences, and supporting physicians in delivering optimal care, all while contributing to innovative advancements in medical imaging and technology.

Responsibilities:

  • Delivering the Usability requirements & Usability evidence throughout the product design and development process, ensuring the product release meets regulatory, customer- & business needs.

  • Perform workflow analysis and user research to understand the context of use and elicit user needs and usability requirements.

  • Analyze post-market data and identify usability issues.

  • Lead Usability FMEA.

  • Define usability engineering plans, and organize usability activities in co-operation with business partners (e.g. project managers, clinical marketing).

  • Plan and execute usability evaluations and ensure critical findings are addressed in the design to ensure high level of UX, quality and safety.

  • Advise on the usability aspects of design changes with the design team.

  • Ensure that usability engineering is applied according to international standards (such as IEC 62366, FDA Guidance on Human factors, NMPA guidelines).

  • Support the development of user-centered and safe-to-use UI and UX solutions.

  • Ensure a good co-operation with other subject areas within the organization

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Required Experience & Skills:

To succeed in this role, you’ll need a customer-first attitude and the following proven experience, knowledge, and soft skills:

  • Master’s in the area of human factors engineering, HCI, cognitive science, product/interaction design, or other relevant academic backgroundground.

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience of usability engineering for medical devices from early phases of gathering user needs to late phases of usability validation and post market follow-up. Including: conducting task analysis, providing inputs to UI/UX designers, risk managers, and engineers, performing and reporting usability evaluations.

  • Good knowledge and understanding of regulation requirements for usability of medical devices: NMPA, FDA guidance, and IEC 62366-1.

  • Expertise in Human factors and interaction design, possess proficiency in Usability methodologies, processes, and standards

  • Good understanding of quality systems (QMS) and risk management principles.

  • Good knowledge and understanding of cognitive ergonomics principles.

  • Good understanding of the healthcare domain and clinical workflow e.g. in hospitals.

  • Showcase strong project management abilities.

  • Good communication, presentation, and leadership skills with excellent English (written and verbal).

  • Ability to “speak up” and effectively advocate for user needs and user experience.

  • Global Collaboration, an ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary professionals and stakeholders, from around the globe.

  • Ability to write high quality formal documentation.

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