Title: Associate Director Human Factors Usability and Engineering

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

Your job, as Associate Director Human Factors Usability and Engineering, within our Drug Product and Device group, will be to contribute Human Factors Engineering (HFE) in our development projects (medical devices or combination products) and to ensure that HFE tasks are performed with appropriate rigor and in a timely manner.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities

Develop user needs together with patients, user, and patient/user associations.

Design the product to meet users' needs and customer expectations.

Ensure the product is safe and effective to use and complies with applicable regulations worldwide.

Translate insights from exploratory and formative evaluations into user interface specifications and provide user insights to the design team.

Provide human factors engineering subject matter expertise to cross-functional global teams, interacting with experts in industrialization, clinical operations, business, marketing, medical, and regulatory affairs.

Oversee and participate in design validation and verification activities, including developing protocols, conducting validation testing, reviewing validation reports, and developing engineering reports for regulatory submissions.

About you:

Bachelor’s degree in human factors/usability or a related field (e.g., biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, psychology, economics, human-computer interaction, etc.).

Master’s degree in human factors/usability or a related field (e.g., biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, psychology, human-computer interaction) preferred, but not required.

5+ years of work experience applying human factors to medical devices or combination products.

Strong understanding of human factors research elements (e.g., study design, moderating, root cause analysis).

Familiarity and comfort with navigating health authority expectations for human factors.

Deep knowledge of human factors/usability engineering principles, best practices, and international usability standards and guidance (e.g., ANSI/AAMI/IEC 62366-1, ANSI/AAMI HE75, FDA guidance, NMPA guidance, ISO 14971).​

Willingness to travel regularly to human factors study sites, primarily in the US, or to Europe or Asia.  

Why Choose Us?

Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

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Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.