Human Factors Analyst (Hybrid)
Apply NowCompany: Kardium
Location: Burnaby, BC V3J 1A1
Description:
Your opportunity
By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation - which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.
Kardium's mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe Pulsed Field System - we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.
We have now completed our pivotal clinical study, and our focus is on regulatory approvals and commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.
We are seeking a Human Factors Analyst to help drive assessment, product design, and usability improvements by supporting human factors-related design and development activities. You will be an integral part of our multidisciplinary engineering team, working across the clinical, software, mechanical, and risk management domains. You will become a system-level domain expert, and your daily activities will center around facilitating human factors testing of our medical device in pre-clinical and clinical settings, user research, and human factors analysis. You will use your human factors expertise and focus on safety and usability to inform product design decisions and to generate validation evidence to support regulatory submissions.
Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.
Meaningful work you will be a part of
Your responsibilities will include:
What you bring to the team
Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people's lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.
You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:
Compensation
Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.
As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium's stock option plan.
Your Benefits & Well-being
Total cash - the total cash we've listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.
Comprehensive medical & dental coverage - for all permanent employees - effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.
Work-day flexibility - additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.
Support - for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.
Career progression and learning support.
Professional membership support.
Family building - we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment
Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?
Our Purpose Our People Our Culture
At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we're committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.
We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.
As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.
And our employees think we are great too - check out Glassdoor to learn more!
Apply Now
By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation - which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.
Kardium's mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe Pulsed Field System - we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.
We have now completed our pivotal clinical study, and our focus is on regulatory approvals and commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.
We are seeking a Human Factors Analyst to help drive assessment, product design, and usability improvements by supporting human factors-related design and development activities. You will be an integral part of our multidisciplinary engineering team, working across the clinical, software, mechanical, and risk management domains. You will become a system-level domain expert, and your daily activities will center around facilitating human factors testing of our medical device in pre-clinical and clinical settings, user research, and human factors analysis. You will use your human factors expertise and focus on safety and usability to inform product design decisions and to generate validation evidence to support regulatory submissions.
Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.
Meaningful work you will be a part of
Your responsibilities will include:
- Plan and execute formative and summative usability tests (human factors validation tests) to meet FDA and IEC regulatory requirements.
- Draft Human Factors documents such as Test Protocols, Human Factors Engineering Reports, and Usability Engineering Files.
- Conduct formal and informal hardware and software usability testing as input to the design and development process.
- Use your knowledge of Human Factors Analysis techniques to interpret user needs, understand use errors, and assess risk impact.
- Conduct human factors research with end users including physicians, electrophysiology lab staff, and other healthcare workers.
- Provide expert usability input to design decisions based on user research and analysis.
What you bring to the team
Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people's lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.
You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:
- BS/BA or MSc in Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Cognitive Science, Psychology, Industrial Design, Engineering or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience with Human Factors Engineering /Usability activities and best practices.
- Experience conducting summative usability testing (Human Factors validation testing) to support FDA or IEC regulatory submissions is highly desirable.
- Experience working in the healthcare industry is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with human factors analysis methods, such as contextual inquiry, task analysis, task flow analysis, root cause analysis, heuristic usability reviews, use related risk analysis, and residual risk analysis.
- Experience planning and executing formal and informal usability testing of hardware and software.
- Familiarity with User Centered User Interface design processes.
- Experience working in safety critical industries in regulated environments is desirable.
- Familiarity with Human Factors Engineering standards such as IEC 62366, FDA Human Factors Guidance, or Human Factors design standards from other safety critical industries.
Compensation
Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.
As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium's stock option plan.
- $102,000 - $132,000 (CAD Annually)
Your Benefits & Well-being
Total cash - the total cash we've listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.
Comprehensive medical & dental coverage - for all permanent employees - effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.
Work-day flexibility - additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.
Support - for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.
Career progression and learning support.
Professional membership support.
Family building - we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment
Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?
At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we're committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.
We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.
As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.
And our employees think we are great too - check out Glassdoor to learn more!
Apply Now