Human Factors Engineering and Flight Deck Specialist

Human Factors Engineering is responsible for a holistic development of Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) for all relevant operator workstations within Military Air platforms, e.g. cockpits, flight decks, mission consoles and ground control stations. The role applies Human Factors Engineering (HFE) to ensure user-centered workstation/HMI design according to classical ergonomics, cognitive ergonomics and environmental criteria, and contributes to safety demonstration and certification of system aspects.

Responsibilities

Workstation design (cockpits, flight decks, mission consoles and ground control stations), including geometry, layout and furnishing; HMI design and multimodal interaction (control units, indicators, displays, moding, GUI, interaction means); Application of end-to-end HFE process along the systems life cycle from concept definition to entry into service; Mission analysis, task analysis, ergonomic analysis, workload analysis and human error analysis; HMI prototyping (HW and SW), e.g. virtual models/simulations and physical mock-ups; Human Factors V&V (user-centered design reviews, demonstrations, validation and testing); Human Factors qualification and certification

Requirements

System Engineering; Human-Machine interaction; User Interface/Interaction; User Experience; Software ergonomics

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements