Human Factor Engineer

Recrutis is recruting for his client : Affluent Medical

**Bringing together 60 experts, Affluent Medical is a French MedTech company specialising in innovative, next-generation, mínimally invasive implants designed to restore essential physiological functions in the treatment of heart disease and urinary incontinence.**

**Affluent Medical's medical devices are currently in the clinical phase**:

- **EPYGON, 1st biomimetic transcatheter mitral valve ;**:

- **KALIOS, 1st post-operative adjustable annuloplasty implant to address recurrence ;**:

- **ARTUS, the 1st artificial sphincter for the treatment of urinary incontinence that can be remotely activated electronically.**

**In order to support the development of these devices, we are looking for a**:
**Human Factor Engineer M/W**

**This position is based in Aix en Provence (25% travel).**

Reporting to the **_Chief Development Officer_**, the HFE will be responsible for the human factors activities and documentation required for the design of hardware, software, testing, and commodities for three programmes for Affluent Medical's medical products to produce safe, reliable, easy to use and maintain medical devices that are compelling to our customers.

In collaboration with the Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and R&D teams, you will be responsible for:

- Participate in all stages of the product development cycle;
- Provide project teams with HFE data based on field user studies and usability assessments to enable user interface design;
- Engage with healthcare professionals to better understand their needs, patient needs and the clinical environment;
- Conduct customer research, including contextual surveys, develop user needs and derive requirements;
- Conduct task and usability error risk analysis and heuristic evaluations;
- Lead the execution of formative and summative tests;
- Prepare documentation to support development activities, including engineering plans, formative and summative study protocols/moderator's guide/reports, task and usage error analysis, and technical reports.
- Balancing the creation of an ideal user experience with business objectives and time-to-market;
- Plan & execute of human factors activities throughout the product development cycle to ensure that products are safely and effectively by our customers

You have a scientific degree (Bac+5) in mechanical engineering, industrial design or electrical engineering.

You will have at least 5 years' experience in Human Factor projects / in UX in DM environment. You have a solid knowledge of the regulatory framework (MDR 2017/745, ISO 14971, IEC 62366). You know at least one of these design tools (Sketch, Figma, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, Axure, Zeplin, Balsamiq etc.). You are necessarily fluent in English.

You are details-oriented and are used to working with a start-up spirit in a dynamic and innovative context. You have a strong interpersonal and communication skills within multi-disciplinary teams.

**Joining Affluent Medical means**:

- ** Participating in the development of the new generation of mínimally invasive prostheses for the treatment of urinary incontinence and mitral valve disease;**:

- ** Helping to bring to market cutting-edge solutions that will radically change millions of lives;**:

- ** Be part of an innovative programme in the rigorous field of cardiac surgery.**:

- ** A salary in line with the current market, based on your experience;**:

- ** Involvement in a programme in synergy with all the entities of the Affluent Medical group, spread over three sites: Aix en Provence, Besançon and Colleretto (Turin - Italy);**:

- ** Join a dynamic and motivated team;**:

- ** Continuous learning (training courses available).**

Advantages : 10% variable

Qui sommes nous ?

Nous sommes un cabinet de recrutement externe spécialisé depuis une dizaine d'années dans les Lifesciences, principalement dans le domaine du Pharmaceutique/Dispositifs Médicaux/Industrie Chimie, qui recrute des profils qualifiés pour des clients qui sont des entreprises dans les domaines précisés ci-dessus.

Nous travaillons principalement sur des opportunités en CDI.