Associate Usability Specialist

Humlebæk, DK

Job Family: Research & Development

Country/Region: Denmark

If you think working with stakeholder needs and requirements and usability within innovation projects sounds exciting, how about spending 2 years with us as an Associate to kickstart your career?

During this time, you will get to innovate our future products through direct stakeholder and user collaboration – to the benefit of millions of people all over the world with intimate healthcare needs.

“You’ll gain experience with innovation processes and what it takes for a product to perform in a global market. And you’ll see it from several angles in terms of usability, manufacturability, sustainability, and user needs,” says Stine Renberg Andersen, Team Manager, Usability Engineering.

2 amazing teams – 1 formative year in each
In this 2-year Associate position, you will split your time between 2 teams that are closely interlinked in our innovation projects and processes.

You will spend one year in Usability Engineering with 6 engineering colleagues where we work with end users research and usability testing of innovative products and concepts.

You will spend one year with 12 colleagues in Systems Engineering working with the various stakeholder needs and requirements in our innovation projects to ensure product performance, manufacturability, sustainability as well as documentation for a regulatory pathway.

“Perhaps you’ll follow one innovation project the first year and another the next. Or perhaps you’ll see different phases of the same project but from 2 different teams. We’ll look at which projects may interest you,” explains Niels Eilersen, Director, Systems Engineering.

Innovation for our users of the future
Stakeholder needs and requirements is an area where we are always looking to further our development. And you can be part of moving us forward, bringing your fresh knowledge to the table. You will begin your time with us with a thorough onboarding process and join a mentor as you begin in one of our innovation projects.

In Usability Engineering, you will take a more specialist approach as you:

• Work alongside industrial design, material, system engineering and mechanical engineers and as a usability expert in our projects
• Gather feedback from our users through interviews, prototype tests, user scenario tests or workshops, which will take you travelling up to 30 days a year
• Feed your input from our end users to the innovation projects
• Work on documentation at a technical and systematic level

In Systems Engineering, you will play an important role as a facilitator as you:

• Are allocated to a cross-functional project team for the innovation project of your choice
• Assist in defining user and stakeholder needs, gathering and aligning all relevant information and balancing product considerations
• Become part of ensuring that our products from the innovation projects live up to the demands and requirements
• Facilitate workshops
• Ensure review and approval of our documentation

Engineer with an interest in user needs and innovation
We are looking for a new colleague with a keen interest in user needs and innovation. You enjoy teamwork and are curious about people – but also about the way we work on our processes. You are not afraid to ask questions and you thrive in an environment where we deliver as a group.

Finally, we imagine that you:

• Are finishing or have a degree within engineering – mechanical, medical technology, design innovation, biomedical or similar
• Have some experience with innovation, user research, workshop facilitation, use test or requirements specification such as design control and documentation
• Are fluent in English, both verbal and written

Interested?
If you would like to know more about the position, please call Stine Renberg Andersen, Team Manager, Usability Engineering on +454911 3320 or Niels Eilersen, Director Systems Engineering, + 45 4911 1759. We will take candidates into the recruitment process continuously, so do not hesitate to apply. This position will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found.

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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