Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Munich, Snke is transforming healthtech with scalable, data-driven innovation powered by AI and big data analytics. We're experts specializing in large platforms, digital health and software-driven medical technology. By delivering a trusted orchestration layer, Snke empowers healthcare providers, societies, registries, agencies and all partners to deploy cutting-edge solutions for safe and efficient interventions and enhances patient outcomes. Beyond our Munich headquarters, we have core teams in Chicago, Heidelberg, San Diego and Tel Aviv. Snke fosters global collaboration to create technologies that are smart, enablin and holistic—helping healthcare providers deliver meaningful change.
Job DescriptionThe UX Team at Snke shapes the user experience for a wide range of clinical applications and hospital systems. We are looking for a Usability Engineer who ensures our medical software delivers clarity, efficiency, and real value for clinical users. You bring expertise in user research, usability engineering, and clinical workflows to guide product decisions and elevate our digital experiences.
Your responsibilities
- Evaluate usability and manage use‑related risks
- Apply the full spectrum of usability methods across the development lifecycle
- Support and guide product teams in all usability‑related activities
- Plan, conduct, and analyze user research with clinical stakeholders (interviews, observations, surveys, usability tests)
- Define and refine user requirements
- Translate requirements into product concepts in close collaboration with UX designers
- Ensure compliance with usability standards (e.g., IEC 62366, ISO 9241)
- Advocate for user needs and communicate usability insights to stakeholders
- Collaborate with fellow Usability Engineers across multiple parallel projects
- Continuously improve UX standards, research methods, and usability practices within the organization
- University degree in Human Factors Engineering, HCI, Psychology, Interaction Design or a related field
- 2–4 years of experience in usability engineering or strong foundational knowledge in the discipline
- Hands‑on experience with qualitative research (interviews, usability tests, observations) and insight synthesis
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in parallel
- Confidence in clinical environments and ease in collaborating with healthcare professionals
- Strong communication and facilitation skills
- Fluent English and German
Preferred
- Familiarity with medical‑device usability standards (e.g., IEC 62366)
- Experience in risk management
- Basic wireframing skills
- A mutually-supportive, international team
- Opportunity to build career experience in an exciting international company with a lasting impact on medical technology based in Munich
- Flexible working hours
- Secure bicycle storage room
- Subsidized catering service
- Subsidized Gold Gym membership
- Centrally located, modern work spaces with a great 212m² roof terrace
Ready to apply? We look forward to receiving your online application including your first available start date.
Contact person: Tatjana von Freyberg
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What We Do
Brainlab is a digital medical technology pioneer founded in 1989 and headquartered in Munich. The company employs more than 2000 people in 25 locations around the globe. Brainlab serves physicians, medical professionals and their patients in over 6000 hospitals in 121 countries.
Brainlab creates software-driven medical solutions that digitize, automate and optimize clinical workflows for neurosurgery, spine, trauma, craniomaxillofacial (CMF), general and vascular surgery as well as radiotherapy and radiosurgery. Core products center around surgical navigation, radiotherapy, digital operating room integration, and information and knowledge exchange. The Brainlab open framework operating system will allow third parties to develop medical applications to further advance the field of spatial computing and mixed reality.
Brainlab is dedicated to creating an impact in healthcare. The company connects opportunities from emerging digital technologies to transform healthcare at scale and help improve the lives of patients worldwide.
