Senior Human Factors Engineer, Rail Signaling & HMI

ALTEN; Toronto; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN Canada is seeking an experienced Human Factors Engineer to support rail transit signaling and control systems. You will analyze operator interfaces, review requirements, and contribute to safety-focused design reviews and hazard analyses.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in safety-critical HFE, rail-transit exposure, and strong English communication. This role emphasizes collaboration across disciplines, workshops, and delivery of structured assessments in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of Human Factors Engineering or ergonomics experience in safety-critical systems.
• Rail transit experience, preferably CBTC, ATS, OCC/BOCC, or integrated control systems.
• Experience in task analysis, workload assessment, human reliability, alarm management, and HMI evaluation.
• Experience supporting engineering design reviews, safety reviews, and engineering deliverables.
• Ability to work within requirements-management and controlled-document environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to facilitate multidisciplinary technical workshops.
• Ability to provide structured recommendations and technical assessments.

Responsibilities

• Review project requirements, technical specifications, existing baseline documentation, schedules, and design maturity.
• Perform Human Factors analyses, including task analysis, workload assessment, situation awareness, human error assessment, and operational scenario evaluations.
• Review ATS HMI, control center workstations, mimic displays, operator interfaces, and onboard control panels.
• Assess normal, degraded, maintenance, emergency, rescue, and operational recovery scenarios.
• Support hazard analysis activities and provide Human Factors Engineering input to PHA, SHA, IHA, O&SHA, and hazard logs.
• Review training simulators, procedures, manuals, and operational documentation.
• Develop Human Factors Engineering compliance matrices, recommendations registers, assessment reports, and verification evidence.
• Participate in technical workshops, design reviews (PDR, IDR, FDR, IOMR), safety reviews, and customer comment resolution meetings.

Skills

Human Factors Engineering

Rail transit experience

Task analysis

Workload assessment

Situation awareness

HMI evaluation

Multidisciplinary workshops

English proficiency

Job description

ALTEN Canada is seeking an experienced Human Factors Engineer to support rail transit signaling and control systems. You will analyze operator interfaces, review requirements, and contribute to safety-focused design reviews and hazard analyses.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in safety-critical HFE, rail-transit exposure, and strong English communication. This role emphasizes collaboration across disciplines, workshops, and delivery of structured assessments in a fast-paced environment.