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About The Position

Requirements

• Ability to obtain Public Trust; U.S. citizenship is required.
• Master’s or Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Human Factors Psychology, Organizational Psychology, or a related applied behavioral science field.
• 10–18 years of progressive applied experience in large-scale, complex, safety-critical environments such as aviation, transportation, defense, critical infrastructure, or federal agencies.
• Demonstrated experience in human factors assessment, workload analysis, cognitive ergonomics, or workforce performance evaluation.
• Experience designing and conducting readiness assessments, surveys, interviews, or structured behavioral data collection for enterprise change management.
• Experience translating behavioral data into operational recommendations and action plans for senior leadership.
• Ability to operate effectively in performance-based, time-sensitive environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting aviation, FAA, DOT, or DoW aerospace modernization initiatives.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills, including experience in unionized or labor-partnered settings.
• Familiarity with FAA Safety Management System (SMS) or comparable safety frameworks.
• Experience supporting system integration or enterprise modernization programs.
• Certification in human factors, Prosci, organizational change management, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Assess workforce and operational impacts of BNATCS modernization activities using behavioral science, human factors expertise, and organizational research methods.
• Lead or support readiness assessments, stakeholder analysis, and behavioral data collection to evaluate preparedness for system, process, and operational changes.
• Assess cognitive workload, human-system interaction, and workforce performance implications of new technologies, procedures, and operational practices.
• Analyze workforce adaptation challenges, retraining needs, change saturation risks, and potential effects on controller workload, stress, and operational performance.
• Translate behavioral insights and workforce data into recommendations for program decisions, operational planning, and change management strategies.
• Support development and execution of event-based change plans for workforce adoption of BNATCS capabilities across implementation phases.
• Identify and mitigate behavioral and workforce-related risks to NAS reliability, operational safety, and program adoption.
• Collaborate with engineering, technical, and operational teams to integrate human performance considerations into system design discussions, technical reviews, and operational planning.
• Provide human factors input during design reviews, system integration discussions, and training planning.
• Evaluate modernization impacts on roles, responsibilities, decision authorities, and operational workflows.
• Support stakeholder engagement and workforce readiness activities, including surveys, focus groups, workshops, demonstrations, and feedback collection.
• Monitor workforce sentiment, stakeholder feedback, and adoption indicators to inform engagement strategies and refine change interventions.
• Contribute behavioral insights to demonstrations, working groups, briefings, workshops, and industry events.
• Develop and apply behavioral and organizational metrics to track workforce readiness, adoption health, and change effectiveness.
• Identify sustainability risks, including workforce turnover, training gaps, and operational resource constraints, and recommend strategies for long-term adoption and workforce capability.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance starting the first of the month after joining.
• 401(k) plan with immediately vested employer contributions; no matching required.
• Paid time off (PTO), one additional paid wellness day per calendar year, and ten federal holidays.
• Pet insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement, internal training programs, and company-sponsored industry certifications.
• Team-building activities, community volunteering, quarterly HQ days, wellness events, happy hours, and family events.