Cybersecurity Human Factors Research Assistant (Student)

WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Part time

Job summary

Wichita State University seeks a Human Factors in Cybersecurity Student Assistant to assist with designing and implementing web interfaces, surveys, and data analysis for human subject experiments.

You will work closely with the research development team, gaining hands-on experience in designing interfaces, running experiments, and analyzing results, while collaborating with experts across AI/ML, cybersecurity, and IoT domains.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.
• Self-motivated with ability to learn new technologies quickly with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work a minimum of 20 hours a week.
• Working knowledge of general‑purpose programming languages such as Python.
• Ability to work with and understand complex systems.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical thinking abilities.
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn from specialists in human factors, AI/ML, IoT, and cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Web interfaces following human factors principles.
• Support research into state-of-the-art methods for human factors in cybersecurity.
• Help develop surveys for human subject experiments.
• Participate in documentation of technical solutions.
• Assist with data collection and data analysis.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Python

Self-motivation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Pursuing Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Wichita State University seeks a Human Factors in Cybersecurity Student Assistant to assist with designing and implementing web interfaces, surveys, and data analysis for human subject experiments.

You will work closely with the research development team, gaining hands-on experience in designing interfaces, running experiments, and analyzing results, while collaborating with experts across AI/ML, cybersecurity, and IoT domains.