Overview

Principal Usability Engineer – Implantable Medical Devices – Oxford

We are working with a pioneering medical technology company in Oxfordshire to recruit a Principal Usability Engineer who will lead the design and evaluation of intuitive, user-centred implantable devices. This is a rare opportunity to shape how surgical teams and clinicians interact with transformative technologies, ensuring that every touchpoint is purposeful, accessible, and grounded in real-world clinical workflows.

The role is based in Oxfordshire and offers hybrid working, with three days on-site including Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Occasional travel to partner sites across Europe will be required, so a willingness to travel is essential. This is a direct hire with a medical devices company, not a design consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Champion usability across the full product lifecycle, from early concept development to post-market evaluation.
• Work closely with engineering, clinical, and design teams to ensure user needs drive design decisions.
• Lead formative and summative usability studies, interface refinement, and continuous evaluation of user experience across a portfolio of implantable technologies.
• Lead usability studies in clinical and simulated environments; translate user insights into actionable design inputs.
• Collaborate with industrial designers, software engineers, and systems teams to refine workflows and interactions.
• Contribute to usability documentation for regulatory submissions; represent usability in design reviews and stakeholder presentations.
• Mentor internal teams and manage external partners.

Qualifications

• Strong background in usability engineering, UX design, or human-computer interaction within regulated environments.
• Experience with surgical or implantable medical technologies is highly desirable.
• Ability to lead usability studies, synthesize complex user data into clear design direction, and communicate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Familiarity with tools such as Axure, Figma, or Adobe XD is beneficial.
• Proactive mindset and deep empathy for users.

Location & Travel

Based in Oxfordshire with hybrid working; three days on-site including Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Occasional travel to partner sites across Europe is required.

Benefits

• Competitive package including shares or equity
• Life assurance, pension, private healthcare, income protection
• Employer discount scheme – benefits more commonly found in larger organisations

How to apply

To learn more, contact Andrew Welsh, Director of Medical Devices, Biotech and Drug Discovery Recruitment at Newton Colmore, on +44 121 268 2240. Alternatively, submit your CV and a member of our team will be in touch.