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Job Description
Design objects, facilities, and environments to optimize human well-being and overall system performance, applying theory, principles, and data regarding the relationship between humans and respective technology. Investigate and analyze characteristics of human behavior and performance as it relates to the use of technology.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2112.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists”.
Also Known As…
- Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists
- User Experience Team Lead
- Senior Research Associate
- Principal Engineer
- PI/Senior Research Associate
- Managing Cognitive Engineer
- Human Factors Engineer
- Human Factors Advisor, Lead
- Ergonomist
- Consultant in Ergonomics and Safety
- User Interface Designer
- Usability Specialist
- Usability Engineer
- Safety Specialist
- President Ergonomic Consulting
- Interface Designer
- Human Machine Interface Engineer (HMI Engineer)
- Human Factors Specialist
- Human Factors Scientist
- Human Factors Ergonomist
- Ergonomics Engineer
- Ergonomics Consultant
- Ergonomic Specialist
- Engineering Psychologist
- Chief Engineer
Tasks for “Human Factors Scientist”
- Conduct interviews or surveys of users or customers to collect information on topics such as requirements, needs, fatigue, ergonomics, or interfaces.
- Perform statistical analyses, such as social network pattern analysis, network modeling, discrete event simulation, agent-based modeling, statistical natural language processing, computational sociology, mathematical optimization, or systems dynamics.
- Review health, safety, accident, or worker compensation records to evaluate safety program effectiveness or to identify jobs with high incidents of injury.
- Train users in task techniques or ergonomic principles.
- Apply modeling or quantitative analysis to forecast events, such as human decisions or behaviors, the structure or processes of organizations, or the attitudes or actions of human groups.
- Provide human factors technical expertise on topics such as advanced user-interface technology development or the role of human users in automated or autonomous sub-systems in advanced vehicle systems.
- Operate testing equipment, such as heat stress meters, octave band analyzers, motion analysis equipment, inclinometers, light meters, velometers, sling psychrometers, or colormetric detection tubes.
- Collect data through direct observation of work activities or witnessing the conduct of tests.
- Estimate time or resource requirements for ergonomic or human factors research or development projects.
- Develop or implement research methodologies or statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes used in new products or processes, such as cockpit designs, user workstations, or computerized human models.
- Establish system operating or training requirements to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces.
- Recommend workplace changes to improve health and safety, using knowledge of potentially harmful factors, such as heavy loads or repetitive motions.
- Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.
- Conduct research to evaluate potential solutions related to changes in equipment design, procedures, manpower, personnel, or training.
- Integrate human factors requirements into operational hardware.
- Develop or implement human performance research, investigation, or analysis protocols.
- Analyze complex systems to determine potential for further development, production, interoperability, compatibility, or usefulness in a particular area, such as aviation.
- Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals including engineers, designers, managers, or customers.
- Write, review, or comment on documents, such as proposals, test plans, or procedures.
- Inspect work sites to identify physical hazards.
- Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools such as checklists, surveys, videotaping or force measurement.
- Assess the user-interface or usability characteristics of products.
- Provide technical support to clients through activities such as rearranging workplace fixtures to reduce physical hazards or discomfort or modifying task sequences to reduce cycle time.
- Prepare reports or presentations summarizing results or conclusions of human factors engineering or ergonomics activities, such as testing, investigation, or validation.
- Investigate theoretical or conceptual issues, such as the human design considerations of lunar landers or habitats.
- Design cognitive aids, such as procedural storyboards or decision support systems.
Related Technology & Tools
- Desktop computers
- Light meters
- Laptop computers
- Goniometers
- Velometers
- Video projectors
- Heat stress meters
- Algometers
- Hand dynamometers
- Electromyograph processing systems
- Lumbar motion monitors
- Heart rate monitors
- Push/pull dynamometers
- Digital audio recorders
- Laser Doppler flowmeters
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Manual blood pressure measurement equipment
- Automated blood pressure measurement equipment
- Body fat measurement calipers
- Torsiometers
- Octave band analyzers
- Hand sensor gloves
- Inclinometers
- Digital force gauges
- Electrocardiography EKG monitors
- Motion capture systems
- Anthropometers
- Noise meters
- Haptic devices
- Exercise treadmills
- Interactive whiteboards
- Isokinetic dynamometers
- Tablet computers
- Electronic distance measuring devices
- Sling psychrometers
- Touch screen monitors
- Video goggles
- Electromagnetic motion analysis systems
- Microphones
- Digital video cameras
- Computer laser printers
- Colorimeters
- Oxygen analyzers
- Personal computers
- Flight simulation equipment
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- Oracle Java
- Triangle Research Collaborative Observational Coding System OCS Tools
- C++
- Seeing Machines faceLAB
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Mangold LogSquare
- jQuery
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Thought Technology BioGraph Infiniti
- Apple Safari
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Bit Debris Solutions Usability Activity Log
- Noldus Information Technology uLog Pro
- Statistical software
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- Mangold Soundalyzer
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Dartfish ProSuite
- Microsoft Visio
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flash
- AJAX
- Simulation software
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- Altia Design
- TechSmith Morae
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- AEMC DataView
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Ovo Studios Ovo Logger
- Noldus Information Technology FaceReader
- The MathWorks Simulink
- TechSmith Camtasia
- Mozilla Firefox
- Data Translation quickDAQ
- JavaScript
- SAS
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- SPSS
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Mangold INTERACT