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Graduate Usability Engineer/ Usability Engineer I
About Aerogen:
Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards, including being named Galway Chamber Company of the Year 2025, and an eleven-time winner of the Zenith Award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having reached over 30 million patients in more than 80 countries.
Today, Aerogen is powered by a global team representing 54 nationalities, working together with a shared commitment to improving patient care. Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work.
We lead the way by finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient outcomes.
Our business continues to grow rapidly across the globe and, as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours, and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers.
Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.
What is the role?
The Graduate Usability Engineer / Usability Engineer I will support the R&D User Experience team in delivering usability engineering activities across Aerogen products. The role includes assisting with formative and summative human factors studies, alongside contributing to the design and refinement of user interfaces, packaging, labelling, and instructions for use. The position requires the application of human-centred design principles and creative problem-solving to develop intuitive, safe, and effective product solutions for use across hospital, home, and EMS environments.
What are the key responsibilities?
• Contribute to the design and refinement of Aerogen products, including user interfaces, packaging, carry solutions, and Instructions for Use.
• Bring a creative, user-centred perspective to cross-functional project teams, helping to improve how products are experienced in practice.
• Support usability engineering activities across multiple projects, ensuring designs minimise use-related risks while remaining intuitive and accessible.
• Assist in planning and conducting formative and summative usability studies across hospital, home, and EMS environments.
• Observe and engage with users to uncover insights that inform design decisions.
• Support the development of Human Factors documentation for regulatory submissions (EU and US).
• Continuously explore ways to improve visual communication, clarity, and usability across all user-facing elements.
What education and experience are required?
• Qualification in Product design, Engineering, Technology, Science, Psychology, Human Factors Engineering, User Experience.
What key skills will make you great at the role?
• Strong creative and design mindset, with an interest in how products are experienced by users.
• Empathy and excellent interpersonal skills, with a genuine curiosity about user behaviour.
• Understanding of human-centred design principles.
• Strong visual communication skills (e.g. layout, typography, graphic design).
• High attention to detail, particularly in usability reports.
• Ability to balance creativity with structured, regulated processes.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Willingness to travel for user research and usability studies.
• Visual communication skills/graphic design skills.
What is it like to work at Aerogen?
Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to #discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:
• Excellent medical care.
• Bonus & Pension.
• ‘Aerogen Connect’ – our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.
• We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations.
Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. If you have any difficulty using our application process, please contact us by emailing careers@aerogen.com. Please include your name and preferred method of contact.
Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards, including being named Galway Chamber Company of the Year 2025, and an eleven-time winner of the Zenith Award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having reached over 30 million patients in more than 80 countries.
Today, Aerogen is powered by a global team representing 54 nationalities, working together with a shared commitment to improving patient care. Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work.
We lead the way by finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient outcomes.
Our business continues to grow rapidly across the globe and, as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours, and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers.
Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.
What is the role?
The Graduate Usability Engineer / Usability Engineer I will support the R&D User Experience team in delivering usability engineering activities across Aerogen products. The role includes assisting with formative and summative human factors studies, alongside contributing to the design and refinement of user interfaces, packaging, labelling, and instructions for use. The position requires the application of human-centred design principles and creative problem-solving to develop intuitive, safe, and effective product solutions for use across hospital, home, and EMS environments.
What are the key responsibilities?
• Contribute to the design and refinement of Aerogen products, including user interfaces, packaging, carry solutions, and Instructions for Use.
• Bring a creative, user-centred perspective to cross-functional project teams, helping to improve how products are experienced in practice.
• Support usability engineering activities across multiple projects, ensuring designs minimise use-related risks while remaining intuitive and accessible.
• Assist in planning and conducting formative and summative usability studies across hospital, home, and EMS environments.
• Observe and engage with users to uncover insights that inform design decisions.
• Support the development of Human Factors documentation for regulatory submissions (EU and US).
• Continuously explore ways to improve visual communication, clarity, and usability across all user-facing elements.
What education and experience are required?
• Qualification in Product design, Engineering, Technology, Science, Psychology, Human Factors Engineering, User Experience.
What key skills will make you great at the role?
• Strong creative and design mindset, with an interest in how products are experienced by users.
• Empathy and excellent interpersonal skills, with a genuine curiosity about user behaviour.
• Understanding of human-centred design principles.
• Strong visual communication skills (e.g. layout, typography, graphic design).
• High attention to detail, particularly in usability reports.
• Ability to balance creativity with structured, regulated processes.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Willingness to travel for user research and usability studies.
• Visual communication skills/graphic design skills.
What is it like to work at Aerogen?
Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to #discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:
• Excellent medical care.
• Bonus & Pension.
• ‘Aerogen Connect’ – our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.
• We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations.
Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. If you have any difficulty using our application process, please contact us by emailing careers@aerogen.com. Please include your name and preferred method of contact.
Location
Ireland - Galway
Ireland - Galway
Department
R&D
R&D
Job Title
Graduate Usability Engineer/ Usability Engineer I
Graduate Usability Engineer/ Usability Engineer I
Salary
Experience
City
Galway
Galway
Country
Ireland
Ireland
