Design Science

============================ Job Description ============================

 Design Science is currently seeking Human Factors Professionals (2 positions) to manage, perform, and analyze research at all stages of development for leading manufacturers (particularly medical product manufacturers). The candidates will work closely with design teams to improve the usability and appeal of products.

============================ Basic Requirements ============================

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in HUMAN FACTORS or a related field.
• Excellent analytical skills and reasoning abilities with a quantitative or scientific-application background.
• Demonstrated experience conducting human-focused observational research.
• Knowledge of statistics and application of different types of statistical analyses.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with end users, marketers, engineers, researchers, designers, product managers, etc. to identify user needs.
• Willingness to travel.

Please don't respond unless you strongly feel that you meet or exceed the basic requirements listed above.

============================ Nice to Have ============================

• Experience with cognitive and/or physical human factors strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with human factors FDA-requirements and regulations.
• Experience with human factors research methodologies, including usability testing, FMEA, fault-tree analysis, heuristic review, etc.
• Medical background (familiarity with anatomy and hospital organization, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience designing and conducting different types of user-research studies, including lab-based usability studies, field studies, and usability inspections.

============================ About Us ============================

Since 1991, Design Science has been a world leader in helping manufacturers fit their products to the needs of their users. Our staff includes over 20 interaction designers, systems engineers, human factors experts, and social scientists. This unique combination helps us to ensure that our research is valid and creative and that the work we produce is extremely easy to use, visually compelling, and easy to implement.

============================ Contact ============================

Adam R. Shames
Director, Human Factors
Design Science
924 Cherry Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia PA 19107
T: 215.627.4122
F: 215.627.4335
www.dscience.com
adam@dscience.com