Human Factors Engineering Lead
About the Company - We are seeking a Human Factors Engineering Lead, to be responsible for coordinating and executing the HFE Program while working as a member of the User Interface software development team recommending innovative solutions to existing and new problems, and to ensure that the requirements of the system are understood and implemented in a human-usable manner.
This is a contract to direct hire opportunity!
Must have an Active Security Clearance!
About the Role - Required Skills - Systems Engineering, Human Factors engineering, UI development for military system
Responsibilities - As the Human Factors Engineering Lead, the candidate will:
- act as a technical interface to current and future system operators on Human Machine Interface (HMI) issues and to MDA working level counterparts on an regular basis.
- support Warfighter Involvement activities to include planning and execution of Warfighter Round-Table meetings, participation in the C2BMC Regional Applications (RA) Agile Release Train (ART), liaison with C2BMC SEIT, and application of military standards (e.g., MIL-STD-1472 and MIL-STD-2525) to support the needs of the C2BMC end users.
- participate in Missile Defense System ground and flight tests and/or other user-in-the-loop (such as military exercises or wargames) activities to assess the C2BMC component usability as part of the Missile Defense System.
- support systems engineering, event execution, and test and analysis activities as required to validate high-quality UI products.
- prepare test objectives, review event execution and analysis plans and procedures, prepare data collection plans and materials and execute testing of the C2BMC UI during system test execution
Qualifications - BA/BS/MA/MS in Computer Science, Human Factors Engineering or a related discipline.
Required Skills -
- have knowledge of Integrated Battle Management functions for Command and Control of Air and Missile Defense Systems.
- Experience developing and executing a Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Program based on MIL-STD-46855A guidelines with an emphasis on software-based User Interface (UI) designs, objectives and user procedures
- Experience developing and validating analysis tools for wargames and exercises, performing data analysis, and preparing and presenting results.
- Ability to communicate the designs to software developers and verify what they have built matches the intent.
- Experience in requirements engineering, use case development, and logical architecture modeling of the Missile Defense System's Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) Element.
- Experience participating in Missile Defense System verification and validation tests, and ability to independently and cooperatively develop test objectives, concepts and architectures in the context of the Missile Defense System.
- Experience with Agile Development Methods, team leadership, task tracking, and issue resolution and coordination
- Understanding of Systems Engineering and Human Factors engineering practices, and their application in DoD acquisition programs.
- Experience with UI development for military systems and the acquisition and integration of feedback from military operational users (warfighters) for application to system development.
- Experience applying military standards and industry best practices to the development of user interfaces.
- Understanding of large-scale software development environments, software architecture, and systems engineering activities, and experience working in that type of environment.
- Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally in the conduct of Warfighter Involvement and usability assessment activities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to technically and clearly communicate across a broad spectrum of audiences, including high level MDA, DoD and National Team staffs as well as end users (Warfighters) and other C2BMC Stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
Pay range and compensation package - Pay range or salary or compensation