Senior Professional, Human Factors Engineering, Flight Deck Design

Bombardier; Dorval; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental and medical insurance

Life insurance and disability benefits

Retirement savings plan

Employee Assistance Program

Tele Health Program

Job summary

Bombardier is seeking a Senior Professional in Human Factors Engineering for Flight Deck Design in Dorval, QC. The role focuses on designing and certifying flight deck interfaces, ensuring usability across cockpit systems and aligning with regulatory standards.

You will work with Flight Deck Design and Human Factors teams to advance user-centered design across aircraft programs. The ideal candidate brings aerospace ergonomics expertise, strong writing and communication skills in English (French

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science, and a degree in Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, Industrial Design or equivalent.
• Experience in cognitive ergonomics (cognition, perception, decision making, workload, situation awareness, human error) and basic physical ergonomics concepts.
• Aerospace industry experience, including aircraft systems, flight operations, regulatory environment, and design standards (e.g. MIL STD, SAE ARP, ARINC).
• Resourceful with computer-based tools; autonomous in learning and adapting to new software.
• Organized, self-motivated team player with strong technical writing and oral presentation skills (English required, French an asset).
• Able to absorb information quickly, plan and execute experiments, evaluations and tests for validation and verification.
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.
• Initiative, integrity and strong interpersonal communication and technical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Deploy cognitive ergonomics expertise to support design, tests and analysis of Human-Machine Interfaces.
• Support requirements development, task analysis, and human error analysis.
• Develop system Human Machine Interface (HMI) simulations and prototypes.
• Create and manage documentation for Human Factors activities related to new aircraft, cockpit modifications and sustaining programs.
• Elaborate and conduct User Centered Design activities related to Flight deck HMI.
• Perform scenario-based Flight deck and UX evaluation in line with BA Flight deck philosophy.
• Interact with Flight Crews to develop and assess cockpit usability.
• Support certification effort for 1302 and other Human Factors regulations.
• Interact with several programs / platforms.

Skills

Cognitive ergonomics

Aerospace industry knowledge

Software learning agility

Technical writing

Oral presentation

Interpersonal communication

Team orientation

Pressure tolerance

Experiment design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science; degree in Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, Industrial Design or equivalent

Job description

Senior Professional, Human Factors Engineering, Flight Deck Design

Posting Start Date: 7/15/26
Requisition ID: 9321
Dorval, QC, CAN, H4S 1Y9

Why join us?

At Bombardier, we design, build and maintain the world’s peak-performing aircraft for the world’s most discerning people and businesses, governments and militaries. We have been successful in setting the highest standards by putting our people at the heart of it all, and defining excellence, together.

Working at Bombardier means operating at the highest level. Every day, you are part of a team that delivers superior experiences and products, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in our industry and beyond. By prioritizing employee growth and development, we empower everyone to reach their full potential on their own terms, because the best work happens when you are free to be yourself and share your unique expertise.

Bombardier’s Benefits Program

With our employees’ well-being top of mind, we offer a comprehensive and competitive Benefits Program, which includes the following:

• Insurance plans (Dental, medical, life insurance, disability, and more)
• Competitive base salary
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tele Health Program

You will join the Flight deck Design and Human Factors team.

In this group, we ensure that the design of the aircraft hardware, software, human tasks, and work environment are compatible with the perceptual, cognitive, and physical attributes of the personnel who will assemble, operate, and support it. We are responsible for the User Centered Design and certification of the Flight deck, including avionics Human Machine Interfaces and other equipment used by the pilots.

What are your contributions to the team?

In your role, you will conceptualize, design, evaluate and certify Flight deck interfaces through requirements capture, prototyping, simulation, analysis and usability tests.

More specifically, you will:

• Deploy cognitive ergonomics expertise to support design, tests and analysis of Human-Machine Interfaces.
• Support requirements development, task analysis, and human error analysis.
• Develop system Human Machine Interface (HMI) simulations and prototypes.
• Create and manage documentation for Human Factors activities related to new aircraft, significant cockpit modifications and sustaining programs.
• Elaborate and conduct User Centered Design activities related to Flight deck HMI.
• Perform scenario-based Flight deck and User eXperience (UX) evaluation in line with BA Flight deck philosophy.
• Interact with Flight Crews to develop and assess overall cockpit physical and cognitive usability.
• Support certification effort for 1302 and other Human Factors related regulations.
• Interact with several programs / platforms.

How to thrive in this role?

As our ideal candidate,

• You possess a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science and a Degree in Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, Industrial Design or equivalent.
• You have practical experience in cognitive ergonomics (cognition, perception, decision making, workload, situation awareness, human error) and notions of physical ergonomics (anthropometry, strength, reach, vision).
• You have a relevant experience and knowledge in the Aerospace industry, including especially aircraft systems, flight operations, regulatory environment, and design standards (e.g. MIL STD, SAE ARP, ARINC, etc.).
• You are resourceful in computer-based tools, autonomous in learning and adapting easily to new software.
• You are an organized and self-motivated team player, capable to work with or without supervision, with good technical writing and oral presentation skills (English required, French an asset).
• You are resourceful, capable to absorb a large quantity of information, able to plan and execute experiments, evaluations and tests for validation and verification.
• You are able to work under pressure and adjust to changing and competing priorities.
• You show initiative, efficiency, have a strong sense of responsibility and integrity, good interpersonal communication skills and technical judgment.

Job Senior Professional, Human Factors Engineering, Flight Deck Design

Primary Location Administrative Centre (CA)

Organization Aerospace Canada

Shift Day job

Employee Status Regular

Requisition 9321 Senior Professional, Human Factors Engineering, Flight Deck Design

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