Professional, Engineering - Flight deck Integration and Human Factors

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in User-Centered Design (UCD) activities related to aircraft flight decks, avionics, and Human-Machine Interface (HMI) design.
• Support the design and evaluation of cockpit interfaces through prototyping, simulation, analysis, and usability testing.
• Apply cognitive and physical ergonomics principles to aircraft cockpit and flight deck design.
• Develop and conduct scenario-based evaluations and testing of flight deck systems.
• Develop and utilize HMI simulations and prototypes to evaluate system functionality and pilot interaction.
• Work directly with pilots and flight crews to assess cockpit usability, workload, situational awareness, accessibility, and overall user experience.
• Support the development of flight deck and HMI requirements.
• Conduct task analysis, workload assessments, human error analysis, and usability evaluations.
• Evaluate cockpit designs from both physical and cognitive Human Factors perspectives.
• Support Verification & Validation (V&V) activities associated with flight deck systems and interfaces.
• Participate in the development and evaluation of overall flight deck User Experience (UX) and design philosophy.
• Develop and maintain Human Factors engineering documentation supporting aircraft development and certification.
• Support Human Factors activities for new aircraft programs, significant cockpit modifications, avionics upgrades, and sustaining programs.
• Collaborate with avionics, systems, flight test, certification, industrial design, and other engineering organizations.
• Coincide with Human Factors specialists supporting maintenance, manufacturing, maintainability, and aircraft operations.
• Plan, execute, analyze, and document Human Factors experiments, evaluations, and usability tests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Industrial Design, Human Factors, Ergonomics, or a related technical discipline.
• Education, training, or demonstrated professional experience in Human Factors, cognitive ergonomics, physical ergonomics, or a closely related discipline.
• Practical experience with cognitive ergonomics, including areas such as:
• Cognition and perception
• Decision-making
• Pilot workload
• Situational awareness
• Human error
• Human-machine interaction
• Knowledge of physical ergonomics, including anthropometry, reach, strength, visibility, accessibility, and physical interaction with cockpit controls.
• Experience with User-Centered Design, HMI development, UX, usability testing, or Human Factors engineering.
• Ability to develop and execute experiments, simulations, evaluations, and tests supporting Verification & Validation.
• Experience with computer-based tools used for prototyping, interface development, modeling, or simulation.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
• Strong verbal communication and presentation capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience within the aerospace or aviation industry.
• Knowledge of aircraft flight deck and cockpit systems.
• Understanding of aerospace certification and regulatory requirements related to Human Factors and flight deck design.
• Experience conducting evaluations directly with pilots, flight crews, or aircraft operators.
• Experience supporting aircraft certification, flight testing, simulator testing, or cockpit integration activities.
• Experience developing HMI prototypes or flight deck simulations.
• Familiarity with requirements development, task analysis, human error analysis, and Human Factors certification documentation.