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CK Group are recruiting for a Human Factors Engineer to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry on a contract basis for 12 months.

Salary: Up to £23.39 per hour PAYE or £26.21 per hour Umbrella

Human Factors Engineer Role:

Provide device usability input/support to device design inputs and human factors study feedback and/or recommended mitigation actions into the design group and external device design authorities
To work with our client's drug product teams, external design companies and human factors vendors in developing and ensuring timely execution of human factors engineering deliverables including project managing and testing of materials for use in HF studies
Assist in the generation of human factors regulatory documentation associated with our client's devices
Will manage and document use-related risk related to assigned projects
Assist in the generation of human factors regulatory documentation associated with our client's devicesYour Background:

 Experience with Human Factors Engineering, ideally for combination products with devices
 Excellent project/time management skills
 Excellent IT skills essential - PC literate (rather than Macintosh) with good experience with typical Microsoft Office applications including MS PowerPoint
 Minimum 3 years relevant experience
Appreciation for pharmaceutical/medical device regulatory requirements
Background in a medical field (desirable)Company:
Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

Location: 
This role is based at our clients site in Cambridge on a hybrid basis.

Apply:
For more information on this Human Factors Engineer role, please contact the Key Accounts Team on (phone number removed) or email (url removed). Please quote reference (Apply online only).

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. 

Please note: This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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