Research Audiologist - Centurion, South Africa - hearX

hearX

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Centurion, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Work Location:180 Garsfontein Road, Ashlea Gardens, Pretoria (hybrid after 6 months)

Job purpose:

Conduct research, bench studies, and user studies with the required documentation, to prove the efficacy of products in accordance with regulatory and legal requirements.

Requirements:

Minimum Education:

M.Communication Pathology in Audiology

Skills and Knowledge:

Excellent English skills and communication ability
Ability to organize and run a research project
High competence in hearing aid fitting/aural rehabilitation
Proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve research aims and/or clinical goals
Computer literacy

Experience:

Audiological research: design and implementation
Report writing and documentation
Fitment of hearing aids
Fine tuning of hearing aid settings
Customer relations and relationship management
Working in a clinical environment and interacting with both clinical and nonclinical and academic colleagues
The development of research protocols and the management and organization of data (user studies)

Key Performance Areas, Weights, and Objectives

Research:

User and Clinical Studies:

To conduct user studies, usability engineering studies, RETSPL studies, Clinical validation studies, and all other productrelated studies to support the product development team (including contextual discovery, experience mapping, diary studies, earlystage concept and prototype testing, labbased and contextual usability, and accessibility testing).
To manage all aspects and requirements of the research study being performed (including planning, time allocation, funding, participant recruitment, and performing the relevant testing and documentation).
Work with the team to develop and advocate appropriate research strategies to understand user needs for a service, and to continually test and improve the service.
Foster a culture of team involvement in user research, team analysis, design rationale, and decisionmaking based on user needs.
Design, execute and analyze quantitative and qualitative surveys.
Effectively document and communicate user research findings to the team and the wider organization.
Prepare reports and relevant documentation required for regulatory submissions.
Liaise with the relevant teams to turn user research findings into stories and actions that lead to valuable product and service features

Documentation and certification

To assist the Legal & Regulatory team with the required documentation for regulatory bodies.
To report on all research in a format acceptable to regulatory bodies.
To investigate certification requirements and to give feedback to the product development team

Literature Reviews

To keep up to date with new research or publications in the related field of user studies.
Conduct market research to stay up to date with trends and competitors.
To document any relevant literature and update the body of literature.
To liaise with the Legal & Regulatory team on the knowledge obtained in the reviews.