Engineering Specialist - Flight Deck Design and Human Factors

Flight deck Design and Human Factors Specialist

You will join our Flightdeck Design and Human Factors team.

In this group, we ensure that the design of the aircraft hardware, software, human tasks, and work environment are compatible with the perceptual, cognitive, and physical attributes of the personnel who will assemble, operate, and support it. We are responsible for the User Centered Design and certification of the Flight deck, including avionics Human Machine Interfaces and other equipment used by the pilots.

What are your contributions to the team?

In your role, you will conceptualize, design, evaluate and certify Flight deck interfaces through requirements caption, prototyping, simulation, analysis and usability tests.

More specifically, you will:

- Deploy cognitive ergonomics expertise to support design, tests and analysis of Human-Machine Interfaces.

- Support requirements development, task analysis, and human error analysis.

- Develop system Human Machine Interface (HMI) simulations and prototypes.

- Create and manage documentation for Human Factors activities related to new aircraft, significant cockpit modifications and sustaining programs.

- Elaborate and conduct User Centered Design activities related to Flight deck HMI.

- Perform scenario-based Flight deck and User eXperience (UX) evaluation in line with BA Flight deck philosophy.

- Interact with Flight Crews to develop and assess overall cockpit physical and cognitive usability.

- Support certification effort for 1302 and other Human Factors related regulations.

- Interact with several programs / platforms.

How to thrive in this role?

- You hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science and a degree in Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, Industrial Design or equivalent.

- You have practical experience in cognitive ergonomics (cognition, perception, decision making, workload, situation awareness, human error) and notions of physical ergonomics (anthropometry, strength, reach, vision).

- You have relevant experience and knowledge in the Aerospace industry, including aircraft systems, flight operations, regulatory environment, and design standards (e.g., MIL STD, SAE ARP, ARINC, etc.).

- You are resourceful with computer-based tools, have a strong ability to learn autonomously, and quickly adapt to new software, systems, and technologies.

Additionally, 

- You are an organized and self-motivated team player, capable of demonstrating great autonomy and proactivity in the tasks you would support or lead.

- You are able to work efficiently in various contexts and on different projects / subjects concurrently.

- You have strong technical writing and presentation skills and communicate with clarity, precision, and concision.

- You are resourceful and analytical, capable of absorbing and synthesizing large amounts of information and plan/execute experiments, evaluations and tests for validation and verification.

- You are able to work under pressure and adjust to changing and competing priorities.

- You show initiative, efficiency, have a strong sense of responsibility and integrity, good interpersonal communication skills and technical judgment.