GMD Fire Control

Moseley Technical Services•Colorado Springs, CO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring a Human Factors Engineer to support the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Program and GMD Weapon System (GWS) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), with a focus on the design and development of the GMD Fire Control (GFC) product. This role applies Human Factors Engineering (HFE), human-computer interaction (HCI), user research, and UI/UX design to complex missile defense software, including user assessments, journey maps, user flows, task analysis, wireframes, mockups, and end-user feedback that informs the Agile product backlog.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law
Must possess an active Secret security clearance.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Psychology, Human Factors, User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or a related field.
Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of related experience or a Master’s degree with 0 years of related experience; experience must not exceed 10 years.
Fundamental understanding of Human Factors Engineering (HFE) principles as applied to software-centric system development.
Experience developing and administering qualitative and quantitative user assessment methods.
Experience collecting and analyzing formative and summative end-user feedback/data to drive a product backlog.
Experience developing journey maps, user flows, task analyses, or equivalent user-centered design artifacts.
Experience with UI design, including developing wireframes and mockups based on operator task flows.
Ability to communicate technical and user-centered design concepts across collocated and geographically dispersed technical teams.
Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on a product team and driving a product backlog in coordination with multiple Scrum team Product Owners.
Prior experience supporting Missile Defense Agency (MDA) programs, with GMD experience preferred.
Experience working with multidisciplinary teams in an Agile development environment.
DoD experience with user-centered UI/UX design and/or user research for complex systems operating within a system-of-systems environment.
Experience supporting system development and assessment against MIL-STD-1472 Human Engineering requirements.
Interest in developing an in-depth understanding of GMD components, end users, and system-of-systems operations.

Responsibilities

Apply Human Factors Engineering (HFE) principles to software-centric GMD Fire Control system design and development.
Develop and administer qualitative and quantitative user assessment methods.
Collect and analyze formative and summative end-user feedback and data to inform product development and drive the product backlog.
Develop journey maps, user flows, task analyses, and related user-centered design artifacts.
Design User Interface (UI) concepts, wireframes, and mockups based on operator tasks and workflows.
Translate user research and operator feedback into actionable product requirements and backlog priorities.
Collaborate across technical teams supporting the GMD Weapon System (GWS) and GMD Fire Control (GFC) product.
Support development of user-centered solutions for a complex system operating within a broader system-of-systems environment.