This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Please note: Only external candidates and NG employees who are not currently in AS Engineering will be considered under this requisition.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Human Factors Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Position is located in Melbourne, Florida.

The Human Systems Integration team is seeking a Human Factors Engineer (HFE) to join Northrop Grumman. 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:

    · Support the evaluation of requirements adhering to Human Factors best practices and specified sections of MIL-STD-1472.

    · Contributions to Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to: Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload, and Situational Awareness surveys).

    · Conduct computer based (NX) and empirical accessibility assessments from both an operator and maintainer perspective.

    · Author/support the program documentation of the HFE 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).

    · Collaboration with Design Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure evolving design addresses program needs and adheres to Human Interface design requirements

    · Support Airworthiness analysis, artifact development and compliance summaries.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience in a Human Factors related field, or a Master's degree and 3 years of experience in a human factors related field; or a PhD and 1 year of experience in a human factors related field.

• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company

Preferred Qualifications: 

    · Active, In-Scope TOP SECRET clearance

    · Experience developing, administering and/or analyzing Human Factors questionnaires such as Usability, Workload, and Situational Awareness.

    · Proficiency in writing and executing demonstration & test procedures 

    · The ability to clearly and accurately express engineering findings orally and in written technical reports and presentations.

    · Familiar with the interpretation and application of systems safety, personnel survivability, and habitability requirements to system design

    · Experience with CAD Tools (NX and NX Jack Expertise preferred)

    · Experience with system engineering processes and tools (DOORS preferred)

    · Understand systems and design thinking as well as HMI/HCI design principles and practices 

    · Experience authoring Human Interface Design CDRLs  in accordance with DoD Data Item Descriptions (e.g. HEDAD-M/O, HEPP, HSIPP, HETP/R, etc)

    · Experience interpreting, applying, and/or tailoring MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD-411, MIL-STD-1787, MIL-STD-3009, and/or MIL-STD-46855 in support of aircraft design activity

    · Experience in system modeling tools (i.e., CORE, Rhapsody, PTC Integrity Modeler, Cameo)

    · Experience with visual design (e.g. typography, symbology, layout) and UX/UI development methods (e.g. personas, usability testing, heuristic evaluations)

    · Experience with wireframing and user interface prototyping (e.g. Balsamiq)

    · Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (i.e. InDesign, Illustrator)