Other denominations
Specialist in human factors or needfinding
Description
Industrial designer specialising in users are responsible for researching and analysing the people who use products in order to find opportunities for improvement and innovation or for launching new products, although always from the users' viewpoint. If it is difficult to use, if it can be improved, if it can have other uses or if it is used poorly or in unplanned settings, if it is socially accepted and when, if the product is different for men and women, if it is safe, if they buy it, etc. These are all aspects that they study. Designers of human factors work with the product or industrial system from the perspective of people's capacities and limitations, including physical, mental, psychological, social, etc.
Tasks
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Barcelona Treball (Porta22)
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Monday to Friday from 9 to 18 h