INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/PSYCHOLOGIST

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD); Patuxent Highland (MD); On-site; USD 102,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) seeks a Human Factors Engineer to apply advanced human factors engineering, HCI, and human-autonomy teaming principles to complex systems interacting with human operators, including AI, autonomous, and automated systems.

The role involves applying human factors methods to analyze, evaluate, and model systems, provide technical input, conduct research, and advance the science and technology of human-autonomy teaming, user interfaces,

Responsibilities

• You will serve as a Human Factors Engineer in the application of advanced human factors engineering, human-computer interaction, and human-autonomy teaming principles, methods, and techniques.
• You will use a human factors and human-computer interaction techniques, processes, and methods to analyze, evaluate, and model complex systems that interact with human operators, including artificially intelligent, autonomous, and automated systems.
• You will provide authoritative technical input and advice on human factors matters, propose and conduct research, and advance the science and technology of human-autonomy teaming, user interfaces, and associated systems.
• You will apply human factors engineering and human-computer interaction methods and metrics to test and evaluate autonomous and automated technologies in their interaction with human operators.
• You will utilize tools and techniques such as human performance metrics, usability metrics, user interviews, team-dynamic measures, task analysis, workload analysis, operational sequence analysis, failure mode analyses, link analyses, computer simulations, mathematical modeling, operations research, trust metrics, situational awareness metrics, system transparency assessments, and error tolerance evaluations.

Job description

Position Duties/Responsibilities

• You will serve as a Human Factors Engineer in the application of advanced human factors engineering, human-computer interaction, and human-autonomy teaming principles, methods, and techniques.
• You will use a human factors and human-computer interaction techniques, processes, and methods to analyze, evaluate, and model complex systems that interact with human operators, including artificially intelligent, autonomous, and automated systems.
• You will provide authoritative technical input and advice on human factors matters, propose and conduct research, and advance the science and technology of human-autonomy teaming, user interfaces, and associated systems.
• You will apply human factors engineering and human-computer interaction methods and metrics to test and evaluate autonomous and automated technologies in their interaction with human operators.
• You will utilize tools and techniques such as human performance metrics, usability metrics, user interviews, team-dynamic measures, task analysis, workload analysis, operational sequence analysis, failure mode analyses, link analyses (continued)
• computer simulations, mathematical modeling, operations research, trust metrics, situational awareness metrics, system transparency assessments, and error tolerance evaluations.

Minimum Salary

102415

Maximum Salary

158322