Team Member - Design And Usability Engineering

Division

Department

Sub Department 1

Job Purpose

This is a niche and expert role contributing to conceptualizing, detailing and preparing the ergonomic design, design for manufacturing and scale up for standalone devices, digital interfaces and bringing the expertise of Usability Engineering and industrial engineering.

Key Accountabilities (1/6)

Design ownership across standalone products and combination products in conceptual stage of design, development and further in the scale of industrial development

Key Accountabilities (2/6)

For digital assets, setup UI/UX interfacing and patient handling studies of devices.

• Define user flow, screen time, user elements and patient value for the digital assets in the portfolio
• Conduct user studies, mock tours, deploy digital screening tools and finalize the UX workflow for the digital assets
• Work closely with digital partners to implement the signed off UI/UX

Key Accountabilities (3/6)

For combination products, create patient centric Generic substitutable ergonomic device designs

• Apply design principles by the market of interest for patient centric device interfaces and device designs
• Ensure compliance of devices to relevant regulations and quality norms
• Identify and select design houses related to the specific device, provide inputs to develop the product and submit for approval
• Coordinate the flow of inputs between internal departments and design houses in order to align on the specifications of the required device

Key Accountabilities (4/6)

Set protocols for anthropometric principles in Device User interfacing and validation

• Set protocols for anthropometric principles in Device User interfacing and validation
• Create a database of the anthropometric data for Cipla requirement and snippets for the IP litigations to support head of the department in IP fencing.

Key Accountabilities (5/6)

Documentation of these design iterations, updating Cipla devices team with latest regulatory requirement on device guidelines e.g. human factor studies.

Build new toolkits on human factors, patient handling scenarios, new capabilities in rapid prototyping,

Key Accountabilities (6/6)

Major Challenges

• Accurate and industrial acceptable design development for complex devices
• Threshold Analysis and choice of geographies
• Managing operational setbacks at third party side (vendors) that could potentially impact timelines or profitability

Key Interactions (1/2)

Internal

• Product managers “ Understanding requirements and needs “ frequent
• Regulatory team- compliance to DHF
• Marketing team- user and market research, target product profile based design, design acceptability
• Clinical team- Human Factors in the case of combination products

Key Interactions (2/2)

External

• Design Houses “ Discussion of design concepts
• Technocommercial partners (vendors, CMOs) “ capability matching with design choices and cost decisions. - frequent

Dimensions (1/2)

• Design for cost vs design for value
• On-time delivery of detailed designs for shortlisted Medical Devices
• Signed-off Design History Files of Device in Respiratory dry powder products for regulated markets
• No. of successful designs that could be scaled up/launched first time right

Dimensions (2/2)

Key Decisions (1/2)

Decisions

Design for costing vs design for value

Resolution of bottlenecks that can impede timely completion

Key Decisions (2/2)

Recommendations

User research and detailed market based research for cost-benefit analysis

Education Qualification

Masterâ„¢s in industrial engineering or M. Des from the top tier institutions

Education from mechanical engineering or instrumentation during bachelors preferred

Relevant Work Experience

At-least 6-7 years of experience, including background in engineering, medical devices (design, development, and manufacturing)

Skills:

• Experience in Designing of user interfaces on digital platform/connectivity
• Exposure to Population and Usability Engineering factor study
• Skills in product information and UI/UX development