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# Usability Designer

- **Company:** Phillips & Phillips, Inc.
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200.0 - $156,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cognitive Science, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, User-Centered Design
- **Published:** July 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us39523e25a49fde668824b715a98e5f9f/eaa

## About the Role

* You've acquired 2+ years of experience in usability engineering for complex systems, preferably with medical devices. This is complimented by experience across the product lifecycle, from user needs and task analysis to validation and post-market follow-up.
 * Your skills include:

 * Knowledge of cognitive and physical ergonomics.
 * Familiarity with quality management systems and risk management principles, and the ability to produce high-quality formal documentation.
 * An understanding of regulatory requirements for medical device usability, including FDA guidance and IEC 62366-1 (preferred).
 * You have a bachelor's or master's degree in human factors engineering, human-computer interaction (HCI), cognitive science, product or interaction design or similar discipline.
 * You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this

. * You're an excellent communicator, both written and verbal.

## Description

As a Usability Designer within Philips' Ambulatory Monitoring & Diagnostics (AM&D) business, you will play a critical role in shaping products that improve patient outcomes and clinician experiences around the world. You'll champion user-centered design, ensuring our solutions are safe, effective, and intuitive while advocating for the needs of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals across a global portfolio of innovative products and services.
Your role:

 * Defining usability activities across all development phases in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, including UX designers, clinical specialists, product managers, researchers, and system engineers.
 * Conducting user research, task analysis, and developing use scenarios.
 * Providing usability input to the design of user-centered and safe-to-use solutions.
 * Leading usability FMEA activities.
 * Planning, executing, and reporting usability evaluations and ensuring critical findings are addressed.
 * Conducting summative evaluations and creating the usability engineering file in compliance with FDA guidance and IEC 62366-1.
 * Analyzing post-market and telemetry data to identify usability issues., At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership-it's our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way t…
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