Sr Principal Engineer Human Factors

Northrop Grumman

98d • $118,600 - $178,000

About The Position

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. Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a 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)/User Experience (UX) Designer 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 applying HCI principals to evolving software designs.

Requirements

• 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.
• Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time.

Nice To Haves

• 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 (CAMEO preferred).
• 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.
• 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.
• Experience in system modeling tools (i.e., CORE, Rhapsody, PTC Integrity Modeler, Cameo).
• Experience with visual design (e.g. typography, symbology, layout) and UX/UI development methods (e.g. personas, usability testing, heuristic evaluations).
• Experience with wireframing and user interface prototyping (e.g. Balsamiq).
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (i.e. InDesign, Illustrator).

Responsibilities

• Support the evaluation of requirements adhering to Human Factors best practices and specified sections of MIL-STD-1472.
• Facilitate the customer’s product vision by conceiving, sketching, and prototyping experiences for digital products with a user centered design approach and consideration to HMI and Human Factors principals.
• 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.
• Leads, enables, and is accountable for the preparation, improvement, and integration of the human interface design visuals for the organization.
• Confer with subsystem engineers and subject matter experts for project details regarding background information, project parameters and objectives, presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
• Collaboration with Design Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure evolving design addresses program needs and adheres to Human Interface design requirements.
• Contributions to Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to: Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload, and Situational Awareness surveys).
• 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.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree