Human Factors Engineer

Our client has a fantastic opportunity for a Human Factors Engineer to join them on a 12-month contract. You will be joining a team recognised by UK MoD as an industry leader in the delivery of Human Factors Integration where you be able to influence systems as they develop from concept to delivery and gain first-hand experience of working with military users.

Role: Human Factors Engineer
Location: Bristol or Stevenage (preferred)
Hours: Full time (Monday – Friday – 37 hours p/week – Hybrid working)
Salary: Up to £90 per hour Umbrella (inside IR35)
Clearance: SC required to start

You will be joining a team recognised by UK MoD as an industry leader in the delivery of Human Factors Integration where you be able to influence systems as they develop from concept to delivery and gain first-hand experience of working with military users.
The team you would be joining focuses on projects through the development lifecycle providing capabilities to users across Land, Air and Sea with ongoing projects across Battlefield, Surface Attack, Deep Strike & Air Defence domains. As a partner in FCAS AP we are also at the heart of providing the effects element of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
Human Factors is critical to the development of safe, usable and effective weapon systems.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct of Human Factors Integration through the development lifecycle providing progressive assurance to the customer as per Def Stan 00-251
• Development of User Interface prototypes and conduct of Human Centred Design.
• Analysis and assessment of the role of the operator within the weapon system considering weapon system planning, command and control
• Definition of HF requirements and development and maintenance of lower level detailed specifications (e.g. for HMI/HCI)
• Conduct of User Experiments and Trials supporting system conception, development and verification considering operator workload and situational awareness
• Analysis of physical ergonomics, equipment and integration into workspaces
• ensuring that user capability is fully considered in the weapon system, from initial concept design through development and delivery to the customer

Skillset/experience required:

• Member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) – Essential
• User Interface design & use of User Interface prototyping tools such as Axure

• Implementing Human Centred Design processes
• Application of Human Factors Integration & Human Factors Engineering in a Defence context
• Knowledge of defence standards (00-251)
• Conduct of core HF activities including task analysis, requirements development, user trials and Experimentation.
• Application of physical ergonomics and use of CAD software such as Jack or RAMSIS
• Good understanding of Systems Engineering and disciplines that interact with Human Factors (Supportability, Training, Systems) including definition and verification of HF requirements.
• MS Office, DOORS
• Ability to generate technical reports
• Good planning skills
• Customer focused
• Effective communication skills.

Additional Information

• Due to project specs, may be needed some weeks fully onsite, then some fully remote.

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please apply!

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