Human Factors Wrexham

Human Factors

Human Factors, also referred to as ergonomics, human engineering or usability research, is the scientific discipline that applies theory, principles, data and method to design in order to optimise how humans behave physically and psychologically in relation to particular environments, products, or services.

Human factors are a consideration for design across a wide range of industries and ultimately ensure that the end user can use and interact with the product effectively. This becomes more important in sectors such as healthcare/medical devices due to the ramifications on the patient if this is not the case, or if the patient fails to accept the device altogether. The concept of human factors engineering within medical devices has become more recognised in recent years and is now included in international manufacturing standards and the collected data, plus how human factors have been applied to the design process, now forms part of the FDA regulatory approval within the US. In the last 12 months over 500 thousand companies were declined approval due to failure to display adequate human factors considerations/and or correct application of the human factors data collected during the research phase.

The demand for human factors engineers is growing as organisations become increasingly aware of the benefits of the application of human factors in terms of issues such as safety, comfort and productivity.

Skills required for a career in Human Factors

• Relevant science or engineering degree
• Knowledge/experience of human factors engineering
• Ability to understand technical medical device language
• IT skills
• The ability to work as part of a team as well being able to work on own initiative
• Detail oriented
• Communication & organisational skills

Salary Levels

The salary within Human Factors will typically range from around £27,000 for a graduate entry level 

Wrexham is a great place to further your career in life sciences. If you are a looking for pharmaceutical jobs in Wales, scientific careers in Wales or want to discuss cell therapy, gene therapy, ATMP, medical device, technology, biotech or pharmaceutical job opportunities inWales, give our Next Phase team a call. The Welsh area is continuing to expand as a centre for jobs in science, process development, technology, software development, project management, informatics, quality, reg affairs and supply chain.

 Wrexham is a large market town and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley neighboring the English county of Cheshire.

Named after the 14th century scholar and last Welsh Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndŵr, Wrexham Glyndŵr University was formed when the North East Wales Institute (NEWI) was granted full university status in 2008. It consists of Plas Coch campus in the western part of the town and the North Wales School of Art and Design located on Regent Street. The institution was founded in 1887 as the Wrexham School of Science and Art.

Glyndŵr remains an accredited institution of the University of Wales and offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Glyndŵr has approximately 8,000 full-time students and over 350 from outside the UK, although not all on the Wrexham campus.

At Next Phase we help people find new jobs in life sciences across the UK, Europe and USA. This page lists some of the job opportunities in Wales, and if you give us a call we can also talk to you about other scientific jobs, pharmaceutical career opportunities and the latest updates in cell and gene therapy and ATMP development in the UK area.​