Human Factor Specialist for Maintenance Technical Data

Airbus Operations SAS Careers; Toulouse; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading aerospace company in Toulouse is seeking a Human Factor Specialist to enhance maintenance instructions and ensure user-centered design in technical documentation. You will leverage your expertise in Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors to minimize operator workload and maximize efficiency in maintenance operations. Candidates with a Master's degree or PhD in the field and at least 5 years of experience will excel in this collaborative and innovative environment.

Prestations

Attractive salary

Employee stock purchase plan

Extra days off for special occasions

Complementary health insurance

Access to e-learning courses

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Cognitive Psychology/Ergonomics required.
• 5 years of experience as Human Factors specialist.
• Knowledge of HMI usability criteria and complex systems.

Responsabilités

• Provide robust support to design and validation of maintenance documentation.
• Develop guidelines for Human Machine Interaction.
• Conduct human factor evaluation of documentation.

Connaissances

Human Factors evaluation

Human Machine Interaction

Cognitive Psychology

Communication skills

Formation

Master's degree or PhD in Cognitive Psychology/Ergonomics

Description du poste

Job Description

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Human Factor Specialist (f/m) to join our Technical data team within Airbus’ Customer Services Department based in Toulouse, France.

The Human Factors’ mission is to contribute to safety and customer operation efficiency, by ensuring that Airbus considers Human performance and limitations in its research, development, certification, production, customer support activities for its Products, Services and Processes. Minimize human operator workload and errors, enable effective abnormal situation responses and enhance task performance is part of the mission.

You will be part of the department of SIDO, Technical Data Operations, whose mission is to combine digital solutions, innovation and expertise diversity to deliver Maintenance & Flight instructions and provide worldwide support to our customers for safe and efficient operations all along the aircraft life cycle.

Your mission will be to integrate human factor principles in technical data products, processes and tools to simplify and enhance the usability of maintenance instructions and system descriptions while keeping them safety-centric, efficient and user-centered for our Customers.

This will contribute to making maintenance operations safer and more efficient on both current and future aircraft programs through the application of a User Centered Design philosophy.

You will be joining a passionate and highly motivated team and network that are an industry leader in the development and growth in the field of Human Factors in Maintenance .

Your working environment

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10,000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

Your challenges

As part of a highly transversal team that supports all elements of the documentation lifecycle, your work will be highly varied and interesting.

You can expect to be involved:

• In the design of maintenance instructions, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), and the Airbus technical data visualization tool (airnavx)
• In the user-centred validation of instructions integrating the aircraft design
• In the analysis of in-service feedback related to maintenance documentation content
• In research projects for future documentation and tools.

Main responsibilities

• Providing robust support to design and validation of maintenance documentation, based on in-depth expertise of Human Factors, and Maintenance knowledge.
• Develop and validate Human Machine Interaction guidelines and standards for today’s and future products.
• Conducting human factor evaluation of documentation on critical functions, and selecting methods according to the demonstration need (virtual environment, On Aircraft Validation methods, etc.).
• Conducting Human Factor analyses of in-service written tasks and procedures to capture issues, safety risks and lessons learnt.
• Contributing to Human Factors in Maintenance documentation innovation and research projects, to ensure appropriate human system integration, and the safe and efficient conduct of maintenance, repair and ground operations for the future.
• Support the development of Human Factors in Maintenance governance, processes, methods & tools, to proactively influence the design of the documentation, its contents and its container.

Education and Professional skills

• Master degree or PhD in Cognitive Psychology/Ergonomics, and knowledge of human and human factors methods (complete cursus up to master-2 or PhD).
• Academic or professional background in physiology and anthropometrics would be appreciated.

Human factor competencies

• D023: HF-Psychology & Sociology _ level 3
• D097: Human Machine interaction_ level 3
• D024: Physiology_level 2
• ACFT operations knowledge_level 3

Technical knowledge and competences

• Knowledge of human capabilities and limitations in front of complex and high risk system.
• Knowledge of HMI usability criteria and processes for the design of products.
• Knowledge of maintenance tasks, aircraft and airline operations, working constraints in normal and abnormal conditions.
• Work experience of 5 years minimum as Human factors specialist: in order to be at ease with human factors/ergonomic methods and practices in human factors design and evaluations and maintenance operation activities.
• Knowledge of standards in the field of human factors & maintenance (norms, standards...).
• Language skills: an advanced level in English is required (minimum B2, C1 targeted).

Behavioral skills

• You like working in technical fields.
• You like working in multi-competence and multi-functional teams.
• You have pragmatic, analytical and synthesis skills.
• You are structured, logical and organized.
• You practice speak-up, and have presentation and negotiation skills.
• You are able to work autonomously and creatively.
• You are able to work in a multicultural and diverse environment.
• You are willing to travel occasionally.

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