Senior Research Audiologist

 

Overview

 

Research audiologists in the Clinical Product Research department are responsible for the clinical evaluations of new Advanced Bionics products. The person in this role collaborates with internal development teams, drives the development and execution of the clinical evaluations and reports out the product readiness of pre-market products to company stakeholders. These reports provide feedback to the organization regarding overall product readiness, performance, and usability. Research audiologists also collect customer feedback on early concepts and designs, while contributing to market research, and developing documentation that supports the training and use of new products in the field.

 

 

What you’ll do:

• Applies established knowledge of audiological and clinical practice to develop clinical evaluations of new external hardware, software and mobile applications
• Conducts the human subject testing, analysis, documentation, presentation of results for the clinical evaluations and usability studies.
• Engages and collaborates with development and regulatory teams to understand the requirements of prospective clinical evaluations. Establishes compliant guidelines for internal clinical studies.
• Serves as a clinical lead on the project teams, translating input from other technical teams and senior leadership into action items, experiment plans and specifications for the Clinical Product Research team.
• Collaborates with Marketing and Educational groups in the development of material supporting new product release. Provides knowledge transfer and training to internal staff members on new product use and clinical experience.
• Ensures compliance of all activities within necessary Class-III regulatory framework
• Occasional travel (5-10%) to national conferences, cochlear implant centers, and Advanced Bionics corporate events.
• Other duties as assigned

 

Travelling Requirement: up to 5-10%

 

 

 

What you bring to the team:

 

 

Education

• Doctorate in Audiology

Nice to Have

• Advanced Degree in related field

 

 

Work Experience

• Minimum 5 years of clinical cochlear implant or related field experience

Nice to Have

• Research and medical device development experience

 

 

Personal Competencies

• Passion for learning and self-improvement. Analytical problem solving. Results focused and quick to react to changing priorities

Nice to Have

• Strive for self-development

 

 

Social Competencies

• A collaborative mindset that is welcoming of peer input. Caring attitude towards our customers, recipients and colleges.

 

 

Leadership Competencies

Nice to Have

• Experience with mentoring and instructing individuals outside of the hearing healthcare community

 

 

Professional Competencies

• Capable of conducting audiological evaluations in a timely and effective manner. Keen attention to detail.

Nice to Have

• Familiar with the scientific writing process

 

 

Language(s)/ Level

• English/ Excellent written and spoken abilities

 

 

IT Skills

• Proficient at Microsoft Office 360 suite. Familiar with Cochlear Implant fitting software and mobile applications. Easily adapts to new software platforms.

Nice to Have

• Familiar with hearing aid fitting software and audiological testing applications.

 

 

Additional Remarks: This is a hybrid position. The main responsibilities of the job require conducting human subject evaluations on location, with additional opportunities to work from a home office.

 

 

 

Our offer:

 

• Exciting and challenging work environment
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Training and development opportunities – we believe every employee deserves a development plan. Come, learn, and grow with us!

Don't meet all the criteria?  If you’re willing to go all in and learn we'd love to hear from you! 

We love to work with great people and strongly believe that a diverse team makes us better.  We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of race, color, creed/religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, mental or physical disability.

We thank all applicants in advance; however only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.  All applications will be kept confidential. Sonova is an equal opportunity employer. Ap