Staff Engineer Human Factors
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne, FL, USA |
| Salary | $147700 – $221500 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of experience in a Human Factors related field; a Master’s degree and 10 years of experience in a related field; or a PhD and 8 years of experience in a related field.
- Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
- Experience with MIL-STD-1472, Human Factor survey development, test procedure execution, and/or test report writing.
Responsibilities
- Support the evaluation of requirements adhering to Human Factors best practices and specified sections of MIL-STD-1472.
- Interface and collaborate with Government counterparts.
- Plan and host Working Groups / Technical Information Meetings.
- Author/support the program documentation of the HFE processes and products in a format consistent with US Military Data Item Descriptions (e.g. Human Engineering Program Plan, Human Engineering Design Approach Document – Operator, Human Engineering Design Approach Document – Maintainer, Human Engineering Test Plan, Human Engineering Test Report, et. al).
- Collaboration with Design Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure evolving design addresses program needs and adheres to Human Interface design requirements.
- Contributions to Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to: Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload, and Situational Awareness surveys).
- Conduct computer based (NX) and empirical accessibility assessments from both an operator and maintainer perspective.
- Support Airworthiness analysis, artifact development and compliance summaries.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active, In-Scope TOP SECRET DoD security clearance with the ability to obtain Program Access
- Experience developing, administering and/or analyzing Human Factors questionnaires such as Usability, Workload, and Situational Awareness.
- Proficiency in writing and executing demonstration & test procedures
- The ability to clearly and accurately express engineering findings orally and in written technical reports and presentations.
- Familiar with the interpretation and application of systems safety, personnel survivability, and habitability requirements to system design
- Experience with CAD Tools (NX and NX Jack Expertise preferred)
- Experience with system engineering processes and tools (DOORS preferred)
- Experience in system modeling tools (i.e., CORE, Rhapsody, PTC Integrity Modeler, Cameo)
- Understand systems and design thinking as well as HMI/HCI design principles and practices
- Experience authoring Human Interface Design CDRLs in accordance with DoD Data Item Descriptions (e.g. HEDAD-M/O, HEPP, HSIPP, HETP/R, etc.)
- Experience interpreting, applying, and/or tailoring MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD-411, MIL-STD-1787, MIL-STD-3009, and/or MIL-STD-46855 in support of aircraft design activity