Principal Human Factors Engineer / Senior Principal Human Factors Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

50d•$98,400 - $184,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Human Factors Engineer / Senior Principal Human Factors Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Position is located in Melbourne, Florida. The Human Systems Integration team is seeking a Human Factors Engineer (HFE) to join Northrop Grumman. In this position, the new team member will be part of the team ensuring the evolving aircraft hardware and software systems are operable by US military flight and maintenance crews. This position requires a strong background in Systems Engineering.

Requirements

Principal Engineer Human Factors: Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience in a Human Factors related field; or a Master's degree and 3 years of experience in a related field; or a PhD and 1 year of experience in a related field.
Senior Principal Engineer Human Factors: Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in a Human Factors related field; or a Master's degree and 6 years of experience in a related field; or a PhD and 4 years of experience in a related field.
Experience with MIL-STD-1472, Human Factor survey development, test procedure development/execution, and/or test report writing.
Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) and the ability to obtain Program Access.

Nice To Haves

Active, In-Scope TOP SECRET DoD security clearance with the ability to obtain Program Access
Experience developing, administering and/or analyzing Human Factors questionnaires such as Usability, Workload, and Situational Awareness.
Proficiency in writing and executing demonstration & test procedures
The ability to clearly and accurately express engineering findings orally and in written technical reports and presentations.
Familiar with the interpretation and application of systems safety, personnel survivability, and habitability requirements to system design
Experience with CAD Tools (NX and NX Jack Expertise preferred)
Experience with system engineering processes and tools (DOORS preferred)
Experience in system modeling tools (i.e., CORE, Rhapsody, PTC Integrity Modeler, Cameo)
Understand systems and design thinking as well as HMI/HCI design principles and practices
Experience authoring Human Interface Design CDRLs in accordance with DoD Data Item Descriptions (e.g. HEDAD-M/O, HEPP, HSIPP, HETP/R, etc)
Experience interpreting, applying, and/or tailoring MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD-411, MIL-STD-1787, MIL-STD-3009, and/or MIL-STD-46855 in support of aircraft design activity

Responsibilities

Support the evaluation of requirements adhering to Human Factors best practices and specified sections of MIL-STD-1472.
Contributions to Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to: Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload, and Situational Awareness surveys).
Plan and Conduct Pilot in the Loop (PITL) assessments to evaluate the design. Analyze test data and generate a final test report.
Support requirement verification test activities: Display Readability, Lighting Evaluations, Anthropometric Accommodation, Crew Alerting System (CAS) Evaluations, Modified Rhyme Testing (MRT), Maintenance Demonstrations etc.
Conduct computer based (NX) and empirical accessibility assessments from both an operator and maintainer perspective.
Author/support the program documentation of the HFE processes and products in a format consistent with US Military Data Item Descriptions (e.g. Human Engineering Program Plan, Human Engineering Design Approach Document – Operator, Human Engineering Design Approach Document – Maintainer, Human Engineering Test Plan, Human Engineering Test Report, et. al).
Collaboration with Design Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure evolving design addresses program needs and adheres to Human Interface design requirements
Support Airworthiness analysis, artifact development, and compliance summaries.