Staff Human Factors Engineer

Northrop Grumman

93d • $163,200 - $244,800

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 Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Staff Human Factors Engineer supporting an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) project to join our team of qualified, diverse, and innovative individuals located in Huntsville, AL.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 12 years of experience in a Human Factors related field; or a Master's degree and 10 years of experience in a related field; or a PhD and 8 years of experience in a related field.
• Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance and any program access(es) required for the position.

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.
• 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).

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.
• Lead, enable, and be 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.
• Collaborate closely with software developers and stakeholders to ensure that user-centered design is integrated throughout the product lifecycle, from concept to final implementation.
• Collaborate with Design Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure evolving design addresses program needs and adheres to Human Interface design requirements.
• Contribute to Human Factors Analyses including 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.
• Implement and utilize Behavior Driven Development (BDD) methodologies, using tools like Gherkin and Cucumber, to validate the design and functionality of user interfaces and enhance automated acceptance testing.
• Manage configuration of human factors work artifacts and maintain version control using Git.
• 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

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree