Human Factors Specialist - Autonomous Flight UX

Wisk Aero; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 215,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

9 Fridays off for full-time employees

401(k) with company matching

Commuter assistance

Education assistance

Free catered lunches

Flight lessons

Wellness allowances

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

Wisk Aero in Mountain View is seeking a Human Factors Specialist to collaborate cross-functionally, develop task analyses, and lead HF evaluations to inform UI design and system requirements. You will support certification activities for Gen 6 aircraft and ground control station, leveraging expertise in cognitive ergonomics and experimental design.

Ideal candidates hold a Master’s in Human Factors or related field (PhD preferred) with 8+ years of relevant experience, including aerospace

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Human Factors, Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, or equivalent; PhD preferred.
• Knowledge of cognitive ergonomics: cognition, perception and decision making.
• Experience in measuring workload and human performance using both subjective scales and physiological data.
• Experience in assessing new UI design concepts in an iterative manner.
• Knowledge of aerospace, including aircraft systems, flight operations, and regulatory environment.
• Experience in designing qualitative and quantitative experiments.
• Experience preparing data sets for statistical analysis using tools such as SPSS, Stata, etc.
• Knowledge of UI design standards for aerospace applications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with various teams to understand what tasks are allocated to the human operator and why.
• Develop and own task analysis and leverage it to inform UI design decisions and study plans.
• Help develop a strategy for identifying most challenging scenarios, from an HF standpoint, for evaluation and testing purposes.
• Plan and lead human factors evaluations from definition of goals and research questions through data analysis and recommendations to changes in system requirements.
• Support all certification activities for Wisk’s Gen 6 aircraft and ground control station.

Skills

Cognitive ergonomics

Workload measurement

UI design concepts evaluation

Aerospace knowledge

Experimental design

Statistical analysis (SPSS/Stata)

Education

Master’s degree in Human Factors or related field

PhD preferred

Tools

SPSS

Stata

Job description

Wisk Aero in Mountain View is seeking a Human Factors Specialist to collaborate cross-functionally, develop task analyses, and lead HF evaluations to inform UI design and system requirements. You will support certification activities for Gen 6 aircraft and ground control station, leveraging expertise in cognitive ergonomics and experimental design.

Ideal candidates hold a Master’s in Human Factors or related field (PhD preferred) with 8+ years of relevant experience, including aerospace