Associate Engineer, Biotech; JP

Job Title: Associate Engineer, Biotech (JP12058)
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA. 91320
Business Unit: Combination Product Excellence
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 3 years with possible conversion to FTE
Rate: $30 - $34/hour W2
Posting Date: 12/13/2023
Notes: Onsite support at Thousand Oaks site. Candidates within a reasonable commutable distance.

3 Key Consulting is recruiting an Associate Engineer for a consulting engagement with our client, a leading global biotechnology company.

This role involves documentation, administrative tasks, shipping, ordering, inventory management, material collection, organizational support, laboratory work, and some technical aspects.

The Human Factors / Usability Engineering technician will support activities related to human factors. Responsibilities include working with the company's New Product Introduction (NPI), packaging, and labeling teams, as well as internal Human Factors Engineering (HFE) colleagues to create study stimuli, verify data, and support other human factors activities. Stimuli may include carton and label designs, delivery devices, and user instructions.

The technician will ensure timely creation and delivery of these materials, manage the disposition of used or new materials post-study, and maintain the Human Factors lab and related support materials and technology.

• Bachelor's degree OR Associate degree with 4 years of experience

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience supporting research activities such as planning, coordinating materials, organization, archiving
• Effective communication skills for liaising with cross-functional teams and vendors
• Attention to detail
• Experience with documentation, admin, shipping, inventory, material collection, organizational tasks, with some technical aspects
• Experience with C-Doc systems

• Collaborate with instructional design and HFE teams to create paper prototypes like carton labels, device labels, and user instructions
• Support multiple usability study stimuli development across the HFE team
• Coordinate with vendors to send and retrieve stimuli
• Support usability lab activities such as inventory management
• Work with internal teams to dispose of stimuli containing drugs, needles, or intellectual property safely and correctly
• Review data and documentation for accuracy

Not willing to be on-site in Thousand Oaks, CA

Potentially two interviews: a Webex interview with the hiring manager and optionally with veteran team members.

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