Human Factors Scientist (Ph.D.)

Exponent, Inc.•Bellevue, WA

64d•Onsite

About The Position

Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients' most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges. Our vision is to engage multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability. Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you'll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team! We are currently seeking a Human Factors Scientist for our Human Factors Practice in Bellevue, WA. In this role, you will work as part of a team to address human factors, safety management, risk communication, and risk perception issues in a variety of contexts that span occupational, consumer, and community settings, such as those involving consumer products, electronics, manufacturing, oil and gas production, healthcare, aviation, chemical products, environmental exposures, and more. Activities in these contexts will focus on a combination of analyzing accidents and injuries that have occurred in the past and managing safety risk to help prevent such incidents in the future. At Exponent, we have found that in-person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development, for realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams, and for building a more inclusive workplace where all have a sense of belonging. In our offices, you can expect a supportive culture and a collaborative, dynamic, multi-disciplinary work environment. Our consultants engage in-person in the office unless they are traveling for client work or other business activities. We value the rich lives our colleagues enjoy outside of work and understand that work/life balance is critical to our employees and their well-being. Consultants have the autonomy to balance their work and personal schedules so you can meet with clients, visit inspection sites, attend conferences, and make time for priorities outside of work, too. It is this flexible, agile work style and working hours that allow our teams to drive innovation and results in their own ways, while meeting the needs of clients.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Human Factors, Cognitive or Experimental Psychology, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
Currently based in or are willing to relocate to the Bellevue, WA area
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proficient with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Assertive self-starter who is able to accurately and flexibly work under deadlines
Demonstrated mathematical aptitude
Desire to expand present knowledge, especially as related to various industries and applied contexts
Ability to use basic scientific research to understand and solve applied problems

Responsibilities

Managing a range of consulting activities that involve human factors issues, such as limitations of human perceptual, cognitive, and response capabilities
Developing client contacts
Working on multi-disciplinary projects and conducting a variety of analyses
Providing case management, information processing, and other project support
Conducting research to obtain and review technical data, scientific literature, regulations, and standards
Assisting with the design and evaluation of safety management practices and safety information

Benefits

Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well-being.
We believe that providing competitive benefits as well as compensation and recognition programs empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.
At the Associate and Senior Associate level, total compensation includes base salary, bi-weekly bonuses for high-intensity efforts, annual bonus and 401(k) employer contribution of 7% of base salary.

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