Human Factors Engineer II in GAC Savannah
Unique Skills:
On any given day, you may:
- Perform ergonomic assessments including reach, fit, and accessibility of flight deck and maintenance operations.
- Perform strength analysis to determine force limitations of a targeted population. Develop actuation and abuse load estimates for system design requirements.
- Provide design comparisons and human interface requirements for system design documentation.
- Apply data analysis methods during part task simulation evaluations using software and physical prototypes to assess usability of key flight deck and maintenance interfaces.
- Prepare and develop test plans describing the objectives, methods, and experiments proposed for structured part task evaluations.
- Assist in simulator test evaluations.
- Report final results in interoffice memorandums, A3s, or engineering reports.
- Identify possible sources of error in interface structure and/or control design during detailed system design.
- Research internal and external industry documentation as well as outside sources (MOPS, FAA docs) for information regarding specific design aspects and/or usability issues.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- A passion for aviation human factors
- Experience with basic research methods and use of human subjects in evaluations and experiments.
- Interdisciplinary foundation in engineering principles and technical knowledge for understanding complex systems
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience with software packages to perform descriptive statistics (e.g., SPSS, Minitab, etc.)
- Willingness to collaborate with others to accomplish the team's goals.
- Technical writing experience (preferably with one or more documents released in AIR)
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Preferred Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of operational use of aircraft systems