Senior Human Factors Engineer

Company: Aditi Consulting
Location: Newbury Park
Posted on: May 11, 2025

Job Description:

Payrate: $55.00 - $75.00/hr.

The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.



Summary:

Supports the Instruction Design and Human Factors Engineering/Usability Engineering (HFE) teams to create instruction materials, including Instructions for Use (IFUs) used to instruct laypersons in the proper use of combination products/drug delivery devices.

IFU creation includes copy, layout, and line-art illustrations. Develops both low- (simple sketch) and high-fidelity digital samples of instructional materials intended for print. Manages instruction design projects, working closely with other designers, HF engineers, and other related functions.

Develop instructions for new projects by understanding user needs with HFE partners and applying platform guidelines to create approachable, useful, and effective instructions for users who may be new to therapy and drug administration. Hand-building small batches of prototypes for concept development and for use in usability studies.



Responsibilities:

---Create and update IFUs, reference guides, and carton artwork content and graphics (layout and illustrations) for new and existing medical device/combination products to ensure accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations, industry standards, and company requirements.

---Develop instruction design strategies for individual projects that align with department and corporate instruction platforms. Manage individual projects, representing the Instruction Design group, by coordinating with cross-functional teams (including Human Factors, Device Engineering, Marketing, Labeling, Clinical, Legal and Regulatory Affairs).

---Support extension of department platform designs into individual projects. Communicate daily with other designers on impact to platform designs, and update platforms as appropriate.

---Maintain change history of instruction materials during their development.

---Produce low (quick sketch) to high (refined resolution) fidelity prototypes of IFUs, reference guides, and carton artwork for usability studies. High fidelity prototypes may require plotting, trimming, folding, binding, laminating, and constructing cartons.

---Provide expertise and guidance to Human Factors engineering partners and other cross-functional partners with content generation, illustrations, layout, and formatting of instruction materials.

---Support process improvement programs and documentation of cross-functional processes.

---Manage junior staff and/or oversee external vendors to execute design work.

---Troubleshoot relatively complex problems and issues.

---Maintains history records to capture rationale for changes over the development of the instructions.

---Supports process improvement initiatives, including defining and documenting current procedures within the group and working with cross-functional partners to improve and document labeling across upstream and downstream functions.

---Supports usability studies with quick turn-around during iterative studies in a design-test-refine-test model. Balances design thinking with regulatory requirements during development of instructional materials.



Top Must Have Skill Sets:

---Minimum 5-10 years of instruction design experience including IFUs, including strong proficiency in rapid sketch illustration, digital line-art illustration, and image (photo) editing.

---Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), and strong knowledge of InDesign paragraph and character styles. Understands the application of structure and grids for the development of platforms to ensure consistency in output and efficiency in process during instruction creation.

--- Minimum 3-5 yrs prototyping small volume (10-100 pieces) cartons, leaflets, and labels for use in usability studies. Requires manual assembly and craft-type skills.

---Minimum 3-5 years managing design projects and/or teams.

---Medical, healthcare, medical devices and/or pharmaceuticals background.

---Must be punctual, reliable, flexible, and excellent at balancing multiple detail-oriented projects.

---High-level attention to detail and accuracy in reducing errors in work deliverables.



Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $55.00 - $75.00/hr. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience and the benefits package you select. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, 10 paid days off, 401(k) plan participation, commuter benefits and life and disability insurance.



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