Senior Professional Human Factors Engineering Flight Deck Design

SHIV SOFTWARE EXPERTS LLC; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

SHIV SOFTWARE EXPERTS LLC in Wichita, KS seeks a seasoned Human Factors / Cognitive Ergonomics specialist to lead Flight deck HMI design and validation. You will apply ergonomics, usability testing, and requirements capture to certify cockpit interfaces.

Responsibilities include developing HMI simulations, documenting Human Factors activities for aircraft programs, and collaborating with flight crews to ensure safe, efficient operations under regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science and a degree in Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, Industrial Design or equivalent.
• 10 years aerospace experience and knowledge of aircraft systems and regulatory standards.
• Strong technical writing and oral presentation skills; fluent English; French an asset.
• Resourceful, self-motivated team player capable of independent work.

Responsibilities

• Deploy cognitive ergonomics expertise to support design, tests and analysis of Human-Machine Interfaces.
• Support requirements development, task analysis, and human error analysis.
• Develop system Human Machine Interface (HMI) simulations and prototypes.
• Create and manage documentation for Human Factors activities related to new aircraft, significant cockpit modifications and sustaining programs.
• Elaborate and conduct User Centered Design activities related to Flight deck HMI.
• Perform scenario-based Flight deck and User eXperience (UX) evaluation in line with BA Flight deck philosophy.
• Interact with Flight Crews to develop and assess overall cockpit physical and cognitive usability.
• Support certification effort for 1302 and other Human Factors related regulations.
• Interact with several programs / platforms.

Skills

Cognitive ergonomics

Human factors analysis

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science

Degree in Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, Industrial Design or equivalent

Tools

Computer-based tools

Job description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

What are your contributions to the team?

In your role, you will conceptualize, design, evaluate and certify Flight deck interfaces through requirements capture, prototyping, simulation, analysis and usability tests.

More specifically, you will:

• Deploy cognitive ergonomics expertise to support design, tests and analysis of Human-Machine Interfaces.
• Support requirements development, task analysis, and human error analysis.
• Develop system Human Machine Interface (HMI) simulations and prototypes.
• Create and manage documentation for Human Factors activities related to new aircraft, significant cockpit modifications and sustaining programs.
• Elaborate and conduct User Centered Design activities related to Flight deck HMI.
• Perform scenario-based Flight deck and User eXperience (UX) evaluation in line with BA Flight deck philosophy.
• Interact with Flight Crews to develop and assess overall cockpit physical and cognitive usability.
• Support certification effort for 1302 and other Human Factors related regulations.
• Interact with several programs / platforms.

How to thrive in this role?

As our ideal candidate,

• You possess a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science and a Degree in Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, Industrial Design or equivalent.
• You have practical experience in cognitive ergonomics (cognition, perception, decision making, workload, situation awareness, human error) and notions of physical ergonomics (anthropometry, strength, reach, vision).
• You have a relevant experience (10 years) and knowledge in the Aerospace industry, including especially aircraft systems, flight operations, regulatory environment, and design standards (e.g. MIL STD, SAE ARP, ARINC, etc.).
• You are resourceful in computer-based tools, autonomous in learning and adapting easily to new software.
• You are an organized and self-motivated team player, capable to work with or without supervision, with good technical writing and oral presentation skills (English required, French an asset).
• You are resourceful, capable to absorb a large quantity of information, able to plan and execute experiments, evaluations and tests for validation and verification.
• You are able to work under pressure and adjust to changing and competing priorities.
• You show initiative, efficiency, have a strong sense of responsibility and integrity, good interpersonal communication skills and technical judgment.