Human Factors Engineer
12 Month Contract
Based in Bristol
Offering £90ph Inside IR35
Are you an experienced Human Factors Engineer?
Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?
If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!
As the human Factors Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.
Due to the nature of the work you will be involved in, you will be required to obtain UK SC clearance in this role.
What you will be involved in:
- Influence the development of technologies, engaging directly with the user from early concept through to delivery ensuring that the human-machine relationship is optimised
- Conduct Human Factors Integration through the development lifecycle providing progressive assurance to the customer
- 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
- Conduct User Experiments and Trials supporting system conception, development and verification taking into account operator workload and situational awareness
- Analysis of physical ergonomics, equipment and integration into workspaces
Your skillset may include:
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF)
- 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 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
If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!