Human Factors Engineer - Next-Gen Nuclear Safety & Controls

Rolls--royce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity

Benefits allowance

Pension (12% employer)

Holidays 29 days +

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 6x pensionable pay

Home office allowance

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Human Factors Engineer to apply user-centered design across design development, safety cases and verification. You will influence layouts, control room concepts, HMIs and operator-focused solutions while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure operator needs are embedded throughout the lifecycle.

Join a pioneering nuclear safety engineering programme with Hybrid working options in the UK.

Qualifications

• Degree in Human Factors, Ergonomics, Psychology or related discipline.
• Knowledge of Human Factors methods and their application to complex engineering environments.
• Experience or interest in task analysis, layout assessment, usability, Human Reliability Assessment or Human Machine Interface development.

Responsibilities

• Apply Human Factors methods to support design development, operational performance and safety case activities.
• Review layouts, workspaces, systems and equipment to reflect operator needs.
• Support development of control room concepts, digital HMIs and other operator-focused solutions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams during design reviews, requirements development and verification activities.

Skills

HF methods

Task analysis

Layout assessment

Operator performance

Usability

HMI development

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Degree in Human Factors, Ergonomics, Psychology or related discipline

Job description

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Human Factors Engineer to apply user-centered design across design development, safety cases and verification. You will influence layouts, control room concepts, HMIs and operator-focused solutions while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure operator needs are embedded throughout the lifecycle.

Join a pioneering nuclear safety engineering programme with Hybrid working options in the UK.