Senior Human Engineer

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Are you ready to join a team of innovators, strategic disruptors, and dreamers who dare to redefine the future of the defense industry? Are you driven to create the unimaginable? Are you passionate about addressing human performance within the design and development of cutting‑edge aerospace systems?

• Apply Human Engineering knowledge and principles to the analysis, design, and evaluation of complex systems
• Define system performance requirements to ensure safe and successful human operation of physical, functional, and program interfaces for all system operators
• Apply human performance principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of complex systems
• Develop and implement research methodologies and analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes
• Apply a knowledge of military standards (such as MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD-1474, MIL-STD-1787, MIL-STD-3009, MIL-STD-411F) to meet program requirements
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to integrate HE considerations into the overall system design, development, and production
• Conduct user engagement activities throughout the design process via interviews, focus groups, field studies, etc
• Occasional business travel and after‑hours support may be required

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Cognitive Psychology or other Human Engineering related field of study.
• 10 or more years of experience in the field of human engineering (Level 5 – Bachelor’s degree and 14+ years’ experience or Master’s and 12+ years)

• Associate Certification from Board Certification in Professional Ergonomics or equivalent education
• Understanding of Human System Integration (HSI) in the defense acquisition process
• Knowledge of military standards (such as MIL‑STL‑1472, MIL‑STD‑1474, MIL‑STD‑2525, MIL‑STD‑1787, MIL‑STD‑3009, MIL‑STD 411F, DoDI 5000.95, and JSSG‑2010)
• Experience working HE within the production system
• Ability to derive Human Engineering requirements
• Experience supporting defense programs
• Experience in program documentation of the HE processes and products in a format consistent with US Military Data Item Descriptions (e.g. 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)
• Experience with Usability software
• Knowledge in Human Perception and Cognition
• Experience with Human Performance Modeling
• Experience in workload assessments and situation awareness assessments such as NASA TLX
• Experience in conducting tasks analyses and mapping user workflow
• Ability to evaluate designs against Human Readiness Levels (HRLs)
• Experience in Agile Development
• Previous experience developing style guides and implementing UI design tenets
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering

Level 5‑ Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non‑US equivalent qualifications.

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post‑offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

This is a union‑represented position.

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit…