Principal Human Factors Engineer – Flight Systems

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Shift differential

Discretionary bonus

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL seeks a Principal Human Factors Engineer to join a team ensuring aircraft hardware and software are operable by US military crews. Strong Systems Engineering background and collaboration with Integrated Product Teams are essential.

The role includes conducting OITL assessments, contributing to usability and workload analyses, and authoring DoD-compliant documents. A Top Secret clearance and 5+ years in HF are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience in a Human Factors related field; or a Master's degree and 3 years of experience; or a PhD and 1 year of experience.
• Experience with MIL-STD-1472, Human Factor survey development, test procedure development/execution, and/or test report writing.
• Active, In-Scope SECRET DoD and able to obtain and maintain DoD Top Secret clearance (Interim required to start).

Responsibilities

• Support evaluation of requirements adhering to Human Factors best practices and MIL-STD-1472 sections.
• Contribute to Human Factors Analyses (Task Analyses, Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload and Situation Awareness surveys).
• Plan and conduct Operator in the Loop (OITL) assessments to evaluate the design; analyze test data and generate a final test report.
• Support requirement verification test activities: Display Readability, Lighting Evaluations, Anthropometric Accommodation, CAS Evaluations, MRT, Maintenance Demonstrations, etc.
• Conduct computer based (NX) and empirical accessibility assessments from operator and maintainer perspectives.
• Author/support program documentation in DoD Data Item Description format (HEDAD, HEPP, HSIPP, HETP/R, etc.).
• Collaborate with Design IPTs to ensure design meets Human Interface requirements and support Airworthiness analysis.

Skills

MIL-STD-1472

Human Factors surveys

Test procedures

Test reports

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Factors or related field

Master's degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

NX CAD

NX Jack Expertise

CORE

Rhapsody

PTC Integrity Modeler

Cameo

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL seeks a Principal Human Factors Engineer to join a team ensuring aircraft hardware and software are operable by US military crews. Strong Systems Engineering background and collaboration with Integrated Product Teams are essential.

The role includes conducting OITL assessments, contributing to usability and workload analyses, and authoring DoD-compliant documents. A Top Secret clearance and 5+ years in HF are preferred.