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We don’t just build technology. We build hope for everyone dealing with Cancer.
At Elekta, we believe every individual deserves access to the best cancer care. That’s why we’re committed to developing innovative solutions that make precision radiation therapy and radiosurgery more effective, efficient, and accessible. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, we invite you to bring your expertise and energy to our team.
What You’ll Do At Elekta:
We’re looking for a Senior UX Researcher to lead user research and usability testing across Elekta’s hardware and software products. You will be responsible for usability testing, user risk analysis and the associated documentation needed for regulatory submissions. You will make recommendations to improve product UX. This role plays a key part in shaping safe, effective, and intuitive user experiences.
You’ll work closely with Design, Product, Engineering, and Clinical teams, helping bring user insights into product decisions.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and deliver user research and usability testing across the product lifecycle
- Plan and run studies such as interviews, observational research, usability testing and surveys
- Perform task analysis and risk analysis to assess the safety and usability of medical devices (hardware and/or software)
- Define and align usability strategy with product and regulatory requirements. Complete the necessary usability documentation for regulatory submissions.
- Make recommendations for UX design changes to improve safety and usability
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, Clinical and Regulatory. Act as the subject matter expert in usability within product teams.
- Communicate insights clearly and advocate for user-centred design
- Support and guide more junior team members
- Manage external research partners where needed
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What You’ll Bring:
- Experience in UX research, human factors or usability (typically 4+ years)
- Strong hands-on experience across a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods, with the ability to choose the right approach
- Good experience with formal, metrics-driven usability testing
- Experience working on complex products within a regulated, safety-critical industry. Experience within healthcare and with regulated medical devices (hardware and/or software) is preferred.
- Understanding of usability standards and risk management (e.g. IEC 62366, ISO 14971, FDA guidelines)
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Interest in working with complex products and improving complex workflows
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What You’ll Get:
In this role, you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer, and for everyone regardless of where in the world, to have access to the best cancer care. In addition to this, Elekta offers a range of benefits.
Work Pattern (you are required to work from the Crawley HQ 4 days a week with 1-day WFH)
- Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance
- Onsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining
- Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme)
Hiring process:
We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English, via the “Apply” button.
For questions, please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner responsible, jessica.banfield@elekta.com. We do not accept applications through e-mail.
We are an equal opportunity employer
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
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