Staff Engineer Human Factors Security Clearance

Position: Staff Engineer Human Factors with Security Clearance
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE TYPE:
Interim Secret TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Human Factors Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Melbourne, Florida. The Human Systems Integration team is seeking a Human Factors Engineer (HFE) to join the E-2D Hawkeye team. In this position, the new team member will be part of the team ensuring the evolving aircraft hardware and software systems are operable by US military flight and maintenance crews.

This position requires a strong background in Systems Engineering. Job responsibilities include requirements development; design documentation including interface specifications; software interface design/development support; analyses and collaboration to facilitate equipment selection, design and arrangement; collaboration and working groups; compliance with specified sections of MIL-STD-1472; collaboration across IPTs; and coordination with the customer and user community. Typical Duties:
• Author/support the program documentation of the HFE processes and products in a format consistent with Department of Defense (DoD) Data Item Descriptions (DIDs) for example, Human Engineering Program Plan, Human Engineering Design Approach Document - Operator, Human Engineering Design Approach Document - Maintainer, Human Engineering Test Plan, Human Engineering Test Report, et al.
• Author/support the development of requirements that are compliant with Human Factors best practices and specified sections of MIL-STD-1472G
• Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to:
Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses
• Architecture, CONOPS, and use case development using model-based systems engineering methodologies
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Prepare, coordinate and conduct both predictive and empirical workload analyses as well as usability assessments.
• Collaboration with Design Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure evolving design addresses program needs and adheres to Human Interface design requirements
• Support / Lead Highly Immersive Virtual Environment (HIVE) motion-capture human modeling analyses

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of science degree and 12 years of experience in a Human Factors related field; or a Master's degree and 10 years of experience in a related field; or a PhD and 8 years of experience in a related field.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance; interim secret clearance is required to start.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Must have experience constructing, conducting, analyzing and reporting Usability, Workload and Situation Awareness Evaluations specific to military aircraft systems and associated operational environments
• Must have experience interpreting, applying, and tailoring MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD-411, MIL-STD-1787, MIL-STD-3009, and MIL-STD-46855 in support of aircraft design activity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Secret or Top Secret DoD security clearance
• Aircraft Maintenance Certifications
• Flight Crew…