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.

Location & travel

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.

Role type

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 that 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, synthesise 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.

Benefits

The role offers a competitive package including shares or equity, life assurance, pension, private healthcare, income protection, and an employer discount scheme.

How to learn more

To learn more, contact Andrew Welsh, Director of Medical Devices, Biotech and Drug Discovery Recruitment at Newton Colmore, on (phone number removed).

How to apply

Alternatively, submit your CV and a member of our team will be in touch.