Lead Human Factors Engineer - Onsite, Secret Clearance

Mitre Corporation; Bedford (MA); Vor Ort; USD 157.000 - 235.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

MITRE’s Human-Systems Integration (HSI) and User Experience (UX) department is seeking a Lead Human Factors Engineer who is passionate about designing and developing user-centered software solutions to address our sponsors' unique challenges.

In this role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, designers, researchers, and stakeholders to frame complex problems, understand mission needs, and translate user insights into intuitive, scalable, and effective solutions.

Qualifikationen

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Experience with user research methods and usability testing, including facilitating interviews, focus groups, usability testing sessions, requirements gathering, and conducting heuristic assessments.
• Experience in working with design software such as Figma, Miro, Sketch, Axure RP, Balsamiq, Lucidchart, Adobe XD, or similar tools.
• Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to share work findings with government sponsors or senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical efforts and technically diverse teams.
• Must have an active Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days per week on-site.

Aufgaben

• Lead human-centered design efforts from user research and early concept development through interaction design, prototyping, usability evaluation, and iterative refinement of software and system solutions.
• Leverage AI-assisted design tools and human-centered methods to generate, evaluate, and refine interface and system design concepts, ensuring solutions align with user needs, usability standards, and safety requirements.
• Elicit, analyze, and translate user, operational, and system requirements into human factors design inputs, ensuring alignment with systems engineering processes, usability goals, and safety-critical performance needs.
• Provide technical guidance to small multidisciplinary teams, including other Human-Centered/Human Factors Engineers, UX Designers, and Front-End UX developers.
• Collaborate closely with HCE/HFEs, UX Designers, researchers, project leaders, and sponsors, leveraging leading practices towards solution impact.
• Advocate for the end-user, ensuring user-centered design principles are consistently applied throughout the solution path.
• Develop and maintain design systems and user interface guidelines, generating research and initiative proposals.
• Mentor early career team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Kenntnisse

User research

Usability testing

Communication

Leadership

Security clearance

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Figma

Miro

Sketch

Axure RP

Balsamiq

Lucidchart

Adobe XD

Jobbeschreibung

MITRE’s Human-Systems Integration (HSI) and User Experience (UX) department is seeking a Lead Human Factors Engineer who is passionate about designing and developing user-centered software solutions to address our sponsors' unique challenges.

In this role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, designers, researchers, and stakeholders to frame complex problems, understand mission needs, and translate user insights into intuitive, scalable, and effective solutions.