Senior Human Factors Engineer – TS Clearance, Travel

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL, is seeking a Principal Human Factors Engineer to join a qualified, diverse team supporting human factors in aerospace systems. The role focuses on requirements evaluation, usability analyses, and operator-in-the-loop assessments to improve design and safety.

Qualified candidates have a background in MIL-STD-1472, usability studies, and system usability with DoD clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with experience in Human Factors.
• Master's degree with 3+ years in a related field is acceptable.
• PhD with 1+ year in a related field is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Support the evaluation of requirements adhering to Human Factors best practices and MIL-STD-1472 requirements.
• Contribute to Human Factors analyses including Task Analyses, Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, and workload/situation awareness surveys.
• Plan and conduct Operator in the Loop (OITL) assessments to evaluate design and generate final test reports.
• Support requirement verification test activities (Display Readability, Lighting Evaluations, Anthropometric Accommodation, CAS Evaluations, MRT, Maintenance Demonstrations).
• Conduct computer-based (NX) and empirical accessibility assessments from operator and maintainer perspectives.
• Author and support program documentation per DoD data item descriptions (HEDAD, HEPP, HSIPP, HETP/R, etc.).
• Collaborate with Design IPTs to ensure designs address program needs and adhere to Human Interface requirements.
• Support Airworthiness analysis, artifact development, and compliance summaries.

Skills

MIL-STD-1472

Human Factors

Usability studies

Task analyses

Predictive workload analyses

OITL testing

Requirements verification

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

NX (CAD)

NX Jack Expertise

CORE

Rhapsody

PTC Integrity Modeler

Cameo

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL, is seeking a Principal Human Factors Engineer to join a qualified, diverse team supporting human factors in aerospace systems. The role focuses on requirements evaluation, usability analyses, and operator-in-the-loop assessments to improve design and safety.

Qualified candidates have a background in MIL-STD-1472, usability studies, and system usability with DoD clearance.