Seaglider Human Factors Engineer

REGENT Craft Inc.; North Kingstown (RI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Flexible time off and parental leave

Relocation packages available

Daily free catered lunches

Learning & professional development

Job summary

REGENT Craft Inc. seeks a Human Factors Engineer to own the complete crew station experience for a Seaglider program, from requirements through mockups, evaluations, and change implementation.

You will work with missions software, hardware interiors, and certification teams to ensure safe, efficient operation aboard the watercraft while building scalable HF methods for future programs.

Qualifications

• Strong command of anthropometry, workload and situational awareness assessment, human error analysis, display and alerting design principles, and the physical ergonomics of seats, restraints, and controls.

Responsibilities

• Develop cockpit and cabin human factors requirements derived from crew and passenger analyses across floating, foiling, and flying modes with full traceability for PDR/CDR.
• Drive layout decisions using anthropometry, vision and reach envelopes, workload, and error analysis for cockpit geometry and seating.
• Build low- to mid-fidelity cockpit and cabin mockups and digital models, evolving toward a simulator cockpit with functional displays.
• Run formative and summative evaluations with pilots, test crews, and passengers; report performance, workload, and error findings with concrete design recommendations.
• Produce certification-grade evidence; partner with Certification to define the human factors approach under the USCG framework.
• Integrate HF findings with structures, avionics, mission software, and interiors to drive design changes.
• Build REGENT's HF practice by establishing methods, templates, and evaluation protocols.

Skills

Anthropometry

Workload assessment

Situational awareness

Human error analysis

Display and alerting design

Ergonomics of seating/controls

End-to-end crew station ownership

Usability evaluation

Requirements discipline

Mockup development

Cross-functional influence

Tools

Foam-core mockups

3D-printed mockups

Digital human modeling

Interactive display prototypes

Job description

REGENT Craft Inc. seeks a Human Factors Engineer to own the complete crew station experience for a Seaglider program, from requirements through mockups, evaluations, and change implementation.

You will work with missions software, hardware interiors, and certification teams to ensure safe, efficient operation aboard the watercraft while building scalable HF methods for future programs.