Human Factors Scientist; Ph.D

Position: Human Factors Scientist (Ph.D.)
About Exponent

Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges.  Our vision is to engage multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.  

Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team!  

Key statistics: 950+ Consultants 640+ Ph.D.s 90+ Disciplines 30+ Offices globally

Our Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Human Factors Scientist for our Human Factors Practice to be based in our Austin, TX office. In this role, you will work as part of a team to analyze human performance related to a wide variety of scenarios involving consumer products, occupational work, transportation accidents, warnings and safety information, and consumer decision making behavior. Activities in these contexts will focus on a combination of analyzing accidents and injuries that have occurred in the past and managing safety risk to help prevent such incidents in the future.

You will be responsible for

Working on multi-disciplinary projects, providing case management, data processing, and other project support

Conducting research to obtain and review technical data, scientific literature, and standards

Communicating complex analyses clearly and succinctly to a non-technical audience

Managing a range of consulting activities that involve:

Human factors analyses of accidents and their prevention, including limitations of human perceptual, cognitive, and response capabilities

Usability testing, study, and survey design

Providing project management for multiple projects at a given time, including managing budgets and deadlines, managing project teams, and performing support tasks for team members

Participating in the design and evaluation of warnings and safety information

Developing client contacts

You will have the following skills and qualifications

Ph.D. in Developmental, Experimental, Industrial, or Cognitive Psychology, or a related Psychology discipline, Neuroscience, or Vision Science Currently based in or are willing to relocate to the Austin area Breadth of knowledge of literature from psychology and related disciplines along with the ability to creatively adapt and apply literature, computational models, and concepts from these fields to specific and novel problems

Adept at understanding inferential statistics and applying them to a wide range of scientific topics

Robust record demonstrating your ability to design behavioral studies using a variety of human subjects and database research methods (e.g., survey, experimental, quasi-experimental, case study)
Experience leading multiple scientific studies from start (i.e., design) to finish (i.e., communicating your results)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills

Assertive, self-starter, and able to work with accuracy and attention to detail under pressure and/or deadlines

Proficiency in analytical, statistical, and…