Sentinel - Staff Human Factors Engineer - Technical Lead - 5088-1

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Roy (UT); Presencial; USD 153 000 - 229 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical, Dental & Vision

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Resumo da oferta

Northrop Grumman is hiring a Staff Human Factors Engineer to lead UX/UI efforts for GBSD software interfaces in the Roy, Utah location. You will guide HF work across design, analysis, and test, collaborating with IPTs and user communities to deliver intuitive operator experiences.

Qualifications include a strong HF/UX background, MBSE experience, and the ability to obtain SAP and US Secret clearance. The role supports a Sentinel program with comprehensive benefits and a 9/80 work schedule.

Qualificações

• Educational background in psychology or engineering with system design focus.
• Experience applying UI/UX design in high-stakes environments.
• Ability to obtain/maintain US Secret clearance and SAP access.

Responsabilidades

• Lead HF/UX for software UI development within the HSI team.
• Develop a UI design style guide with SW teams.
• Ensure MIL-STD-1472G compliance in UI work.
• Conduct predictive and empirical workload analyses and usability tests.
• Translate user research into flows, wireframes and prototypes.

Conhecimentos

Human Factors Engineering

UI/UX design

HBSE / MBSE concepts

Strong communication

Defense industry experience

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Human Factors, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, HCI-related field, or Engineering

Master's degree in related field

PhD in related field

Ferramentas

DOORS

Cameo

Teamcenter

CPLM

Jira

Confluence

Descrição da oferta de emprego

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Staff Human Factors Engineer to lead Human Factors and User Experience (UX) efforts for development of GBSD SW User Interfaces as part of the Specialty Engineering Human Systems Integration (HSI) team. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and supports the Sentinel Program.

This role may offer a competitive relocation package.

What you’ll get to do:

• The selected candidate will lead aspects of the Human Factors (HF) specialization for software user interfaces (UI) efforts for the HSI team
• They will interact/communicate with the element and product level teams in the technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and supportability / effectiveness analyses for total systems
• Human Factors analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, and test
• The HFE ensures requirements allocation and interface definition studies translate to customer requirements for hardware and software HSI specification and could require functional analysis, timeline analysis, and detail trade studies

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Human Factors engineering for UX and human computer interaction for software UIs
• Collaboratively develop a design Style Guide for UI common look and feel with SW teams
• Ensure compliance with specified sections of MIL-STD-1472G
• Prepare, coordinate and conduct both predictive and empirical workload analyses as well as usability assessments
• Translate user research data into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences for system operators. Be flexible and iterate designs in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous, environment
• Use one or more industry standard design and prototyping tools to create wireframes, visual designs, and interactive prototypes
• Author/support the program documentation of the HFE products in a format consistent with US Military Data Item Descriptions (e.g. Human Engineering Design Approach Document – Operator, Human Engineering Test Plan, Human Engineering Test Report, etc.)
• Prepare Human Factors Analyses (task analyses, predictive workload analyses, interface prototyping and analysis)
• Review UI design decision and documentation and provide HF support to software interface design and development
• Integrate operator attributes to the system architecture, CONOPS, and use‑case development using model‑based systems engineering methodologies
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders across IPTs and with the user community

Basic Qualifications:

• Educational background in Psychology, Human Factors, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, HCI‑related field, or Engineering from an accredited university, and at least 12 years of related experience, with a Bachelors; OR at least 10 Years of relevant experience with a master’s degree; OR 8 year of relevant experience with a PhD degree
• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• Experience in Human Factors Engineering/Human Systems Integration utilizing UI/UX design principles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to present to program and customer teams and leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Human Factors in a defense contracting environment (familiarity with Mil-Std-1472G and ANSI/HFES 100-2007), DoD UI/UX Design Experience
• Familiarity with Human Factors modeling in NX/Jack, IMPRINT
• Experience with Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Experience on an Agile Software Development Team
• Past/Active employment with MMIII or Sentinel Weapon Systems
• 4+ years of Systems engineering experience
• Experience with any of the following tools and languages: DOORS, Cameo, Teamcenter, CPLM, Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Strong understanding and broad application of complex engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, facilities, software, etc.) for the development of complex systems of systems
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
• Ability to build software prototypes for usability testing of candidate designs
• Experience with visual design of computer user interfaces
• Human Factors, Psychology or similar degree
• Experience with Human Factors in a defense contracting environment (familiarity with Mil-Std-1472G and ANSI/HFES 100-2007), DoD UI/UX Design Experience
• Demonstrated experience with prototyping/wireframing tools

Position Benefits

As a full‑time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

https://www.northropgrumman.com/who-we-are/total-rewards-benefits/

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.