About CMR Surgical

At CMR Surgical, we're revolutionising the future of minimal access surgery with Versius, our next-generation surgical robotic system. We're growing fast, and we’re on a mission to transform how surgery is delivered globally for the benefit of patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems.

Our values—Ambitious, Humble, People-Focused, and Fair & Responsible define our approach to innovation, partnership, and growth. If you believe in making a meaningful difference in healthcare and want to be part of a purpose-driven company with bold ambitions, now is the time to join us.

CMR is an exciting and evolving company to be joining right now.  Our commitment to our goal of building a world-class medical devices company is underpinned by the ground-breaking innovation of our next generation of surgical robots and a diverse team of talented and supportive individuals.

We’re breaking new ground which makes working here exciting, it provides autonomy, opportunity and makes the things you do visible. Come and join us and see what you’re capable of.

About the Role

The main purpose of the Human Factors Engineer is to support Usability activities for new system designs and formal activities in the UK, USA and Europe. The primary responsibilities include supporting Usability activities to ensure scope is defined, creation and timely delivery of use related risk analysis, usability study documentation, and ensuring documentation is accurate and follows internal and external guidelines for content.  Activities also include assisting in the delivery of formative and summative studies with help from other team members and CMR staff/external consultants if required.

Responsibilities

• Support the human factors engineering efforts in CMR’s Design Evaluation department as required
• Support the planning, conducting and reporting of formative and summative usability studies. This support will require travel abroad (United States).
• Compile documentation in accordance with relevant regulatory requirements
• Creation and maintenance of use related risk assessments and other risk related documents
• Keeping up to date with latest human factors data and processes
• Collaboration with other teams on joint activities impacting usability
• Reporting of status and issues to the Usability Group Lead

We’d expect you to be willing to turn your hand to anything within the Design Evaluation remit that helps the team deliver its objectives.

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have/be:

• Ability to produce valuable, well-written deliverables in a consistent manner
• Strong teamworking skills and able to adapt to situations (flexibility)
• Knowledge of IEC 62366 and FDA Human Factors guidance documents
• Experience as a usability study observer/data analyst
• Experience of working in a hospital environment and/or knowledge of human anatomy and surgical procedures an advantage
• A degree in a relevant science / medical based discipline (or equivalent work experience)
• It is essential that the candidate can travel and work in USA. Travel is anticipated to be twice a year, for approximately 2-3 weeks at a time. This may increase in the future and so candidates will need to be able to manage both this and an increase as determined by the business

This position is hybrid with three days per week in the office expected (Cambridge, Milton).

Why Join Us?

We offer a competitive salary and a great benefits package including a bonus, non-contributory pension, private healthcare, generous annual leave allowance and enhanced global parental leave pay.

If you're excited about this role and feel you could add value, we'd love to hear from you, even if your experience doesn't perfectly match every requirement

This role requires candidates to have eligibility to work within the UK.

Strictly no agencies