Human Factors Engineer, Biopharma Medical Device â Remote (JP14424)
Human Factors Engineer, Biopharma Medical Device â Remote (JP14424)
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Job Description
Job Title:Human Factors Engineer Biopharma Medical Device Remote (JP14424)
Location:Thousand Oaks CA 91320
Employment Type: Contract
Duration:1 years with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent
Posting Date:08/18/2025
Target start date:9/15/2025
Pay Rate:$70-80/hr W2 with benefits or open to market rate DOE.
Note: This can be fully remote but local to Thousand Oaks Ca is preferred.
3 Key Consulting is hiring aHuman Factors Engineerfor a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biopharmaceutical company.
Ideal Candidate: 710 years of practical human factors experience in medical devices or combination products. Hands-on implementation experience required.
Nice to Have: Experience with auto-injectors human factors validation and engagement with the FDA or global regulatory bodies.
Job Description:
Seeking a results-driven and experienced Human Factors / Usability Engineer (HF/UE) contractor to support the Human Factors Engineering (HFE) team within the broader Combination Product Optimization (CPO) function. This role is critical in ensuring company drug delivery systems and combination products meet the highest standards of usability safety and regulatory compliance.
This individual contributor will play a hands-on role across the product lifecycle from early-stage user research through design input usability testing and preparation for FDA and global regulatory submissions. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced matrixed environment and bring deep domain expertise in medical devices combination products and FDA-regulated usability engineering.
Responsibilities:
Top Must Have Skills:
Preferred Qualifications:
Red Flags:
Interview process:
2 rounds of interviews
We invite qualified candidates to sendyour resume to. Ifyou decide that youre not interested in pursuing this particular position please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our You are also welcome to sharethis opportunity withanyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.
Location:Thousand Oaks CA 91320
Employment Type: Contract
Duration:1 years with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent
Posting Date:08/18/2025
Target start date:9/15/2025
Pay Rate:$70-80/hr W2 with benefits or open to market rate DOE.
Note: This can be fully remote but local to Thousand Oaks Ca is preferred.
3 Key Consulting is hiring aHuman Factors Engineerfor a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biopharmaceutical company.
Ideal Candidate: 710 years of practical human factors experience in medical devices or combination products. Hands-on implementation experience required.
Nice to Have: Experience with auto-injectors human factors validation and engagement with the FDA or global regulatory bodies.
Job Description:
Seeking a results-driven and experienced Human Factors / Usability Engineer (HF/UE) contractor to support the Human Factors Engineering (HFE) team within the broader Combination Product Optimization (CPO) function. This role is critical in ensuring company drug delivery systems and combination products meet the highest standards of usability safety and regulatory compliance.
This individual contributor will play a hands-on role across the product lifecycle from early-stage user research through design input usability testing and preparation for FDA and global regulatory submissions. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced matrixed environment and bring deep domain expertise in medical devices combination products and FDA-regulated usability engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Human-Centered Design Integration: Partner cross-functionally with engineering design commercial clinical regulatory and quality teams to translate user needs into product design including user interface (UI) requirements labeling packaging and instructions for use.
- Usability Research Execution: Lead or support usability activities such as study design protocol development IRB submission participant recruitment data collection moderation analysis and reporting for formative and summative studies.
- Use Risk Mitigation: Conduct comprehensive task analyses root cause investigations and use-related risk analyses to inform product design and identify use-related risks.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Serve as a key liaison between HFE and program team functional stakeholders to ensure human capabilities and limitations are reflected in product architecture and usability requirements and human factors activities are considered at all stages of the product design lifecycle.
- Regulatory Readiness: Support the creation of HF documentation for regulatory submissions including HFE protocols/reports URRAs and other components of the overall HF File all in accordance with global standards and FDA guidance.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Actively communicate and align with internal and external stakeholders to ensure user-centric solutions are embedded across development programs.
Top Must Have Skills:
- Human Factors Engineering
- Data Analysis
- Technical Writing
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Human Factors or Usability Engineering
- Deep knowledge of applicable global guidance and standards:
- FDA: 21 CFR Parts/211 Human Factors Guidance relevant device labeling standards
- IEC/ISO: 13485
- Other: HE:75 EU MDR Annex 1 additional relevant international device labeling and usability engineering standards
- Proven track record supporting both formative and summative usability studies for combination products and injectors (e.g. pens autoinjectors on-body delivery systems)
- Experience with early concept evaluations use-risk analyses and iterative design refinement
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical design decisions with a deep understanding of user behavior and cognitive workload
- Technical fluency across disciplinescapable of translating human factors insights for engineering clinical software and regulatory audiences
- Experience contributing to HF sections of FDA pre-submissions IND/IDE NDA BLA and global regulatory dossiers
- Strong communication critical thinking and problem-solving skills in a collaborative environment
- Able to manage ambiguity prioritize competing deadlines and drive user-centered design in a global organization
Red Flags:
- No experience in human factors engineering in the medical device or combination product space.
- Less than 5 years of relevant experience
- No direct human factors hands on experience
Interview process:
2 rounds of interviews
We invite qualified candidates to sendyour resume to. Ifyou decide that youre not interested in pursuing this particular position please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our You are also welcome to sharethis opportunity withanyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.
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3KC Talent Acquisition Team
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Hourly
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