Human Factors Intern (Summer)

REGENT•North Kingstown, RI

19h

About The Position

REGENT is developing the Seaglider, a wing-in-ground-effect craft designed for fast, affordable coastal passenger and cargo transportation. As a Human Factors Intern on the Systems team, you will help shape the interface for a vehicle whose operating modes include floating, foiling, and flying. You will contribute to interface concepts, design standards, and usability evaluations to help ensure the interface is safe, intuitive, and ready for certification. The role involves hands-on work with engineers across systems, software, and flight test, bringing human factors findings into the design. REGENT describes its environment as collaborative, technically rigorous, fast-moving, and suited to people who are comfortable adapting to changing priorities and working without an existing design precedent.

Requirements

Some exposure to aviation or maritime contexts through coursework, research, or personal flying, boating, or sailing experience.
Proficiency with rapid prototyping tools such as Figma.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation.
Self-motivation and adaptability in a startup environment with shifting priorities.
Curiosity about why people struggle with interfaces and willingness to investigate firsthand.
A hands-on approach, including sketching mockups and conducting usability tests.
Comfort working without an established precedent or template for the Seaglider cockpit.
Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with engineers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
Practical, inventive problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

Contribute ideas and concepts for how captains, watch officers, and passengers interact with the Seaglider human interface.
Help develop REGENT’s UI/UX standards and design language.
Support planning and conducting safety and usability evaluations of the Seaglider human interface.
Support human factors requirements definition and draft test procedures.
Collaborate with systems, software, and flight-test engineers to incorporate human factors findings into the design.