Human Factors Consultant

at  Kinneir Dufort

ABOUT YOU

As a Human Factors Consultant, your key focus will be on planning, delivery and reporting of high-quality Human Factors studies. You will also contribute to developing business through support to sales meetings.
You may be a Human Factors engineer or researcher in a consultancy or be part of a team within a medical company or similar business. Either way you’ll have a passion for enhancing the usability of a variety of product types from medical devices to software applications and you will be keen to contribute to KD’s expertise teams.
At KD, collaboration is vital to how we work. You will be a team-player, enjoy problem-solving and working in a fast‑paced, varied consultancy environment and be passionate about the impact of Human Factors on product design and user experience.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Whilst you do not need to meet all of these points, please ensure you meet the majority of them before making an application:

• Demonstrable experience in Human Factors roles, ideally including Medical Device experience
• Understanding of the following standards and guidance:

ABOUT US

Founded in 1977 by Ross Kinneir and Francis Dufort, the KD team are based in an iconic building in the vibrant city of Bristol. The characterful Grade 2 listed stone building was originally built as a sugar refinery around 1850. It’s now completely refitted, and houses all of our staff plus our workshops, labs, the design studio, an HF usability suite, as well as client meeting spaces. We are in a great central location: the local area is full of independent shops and it is only a short walk up to Park Street, or over to the Harbourside and St Nick’s Markets, both of which have regular street food markets.

Our values underpin everything we do.

• See possibility: we explore the potential in everyone & everything and embrace change to create opportunities.
• Make a difference: we want to part of the solution and have courage to act, even when it isn’t easy.
• Stand together: we collaborate seamlessly, value difference and support each other.

We believe strongly in equality and fairness and try hard to do the right thing; we speak up for and support groups who are working to make a difference. Many of our team are also involved in, or run, events in their local communities, making a difference to those around them.
The team at KD are intelligent, hard-working, fun and collaborate brilliantly together to produce creative solutions. We work with some of the biggest, best and most interesting international clients that you’ll find anywhere. We’re a multi-disciplinary team, with experts in research, innovation, human factors, digital UX, 2D and 3D product & packaging design, engineering, prototyping, and electronics & software, all uniquely integrated within one great company.
Do we sound like a good match for you

Kinneir Dufort (KD) is a world-class user-centred innovation and product development consultancy, creating products and experiences for our clients in the medical, consumer and industrial sectors. We aim to design a better world, achieving positive outcomes for the people we are designing for and generating value for our clients.
We are looking for a Human Factors Consultant to join our experienced Human Factors team. This role will involve strategic planning, risk analysis and formative studies to set directions at early stages, and rigorous testing, analysis and summative studies during development and verification stages.