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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 Scientist
- 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 Factors Specialist
- Human Factors Ergonomist
- Ergonomics Engineer
- Ergonomics Consultant
- Ergonomic Specialist
- Engineering Psychologist
- Chief Engineer
Tasks for “Human Machine Interface Engineer (HMI Engineer)”
- Conduct interviews or surveys of users or customers to collect information on topics such as requirements, needs, fatigue, ergonomics, or interfaces.
- 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.
- Conduct research to evaluate potential solutions related to changes in equipment design, procedures, manpower, personnel, or training.
- 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.
- Investigate theoretical or conceptual issues, such as the human design considerations of lunar landers or habitats.
- Write, review, or comment on documents, such as proposals, test plans, or procedures.
- Estimate time or resource requirements for ergonomic or human factors research or development projects.
- 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.
- Prepare reports or presentations summarizing results or conclusions of human factors engineering or ergonomics activities, such as testing, investigation, or validation.
- Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals including engineers, designers, managers, or customers.
- Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.
- 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.
- Integrate human factors requirements into operational hardware.
- Inspect work sites to identify physical hazards.
- Analyze complex systems to determine potential for further development, production, interoperability, compatibility, or usefulness in a particular area, such as aviation.
- Design cognitive aids, such as procedural storyboards or decision support systems.
- Collect data through direct observation of work activities or witnessing the conduct of tests.
- Operate testing equipment, such as heat stress meters, octave band analyzers, motion analysis equipment, inclinometers, light meters, velometers, sling psychrometers, or colormetric detection tubes.
- Establish system operating or training requirements to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces.
- Train users in task techniques or ergonomic principles.
- 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.
- Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools such as checklists, surveys, videotaping or force measurement.
- Review health, safety, accident, or worker compensation records to evaluate safety program effectiveness or to identify jobs with high incidents of injury.
- Develop or implement human performance research, investigation, or analysis protocols.
- Recommend workplace changes to improve health and safety, using knowledge of potentially harmful factors, such as heavy loads or repetitive motions.
- Assess the user-interface or usability characteristics of products.
Related Technology & Tools
- Desktop computers
- Personal computers
- Colorimeters
- Manual blood pressure measurement equipment
- Electromagnetic motion analysis systems
- Inclinometers
- Exercise treadmills
- Velometers
- Hand dynamometers
- Electrocardiography EKG monitors
- Octave band analyzers
- Motion capture systems
- Heat stress meters
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Touch screen monitors
- Goniometers
- Digital force gauges
- Microphones
- Automated blood pressure measurement equipment
- Heart rate monitors
- Laser Doppler flowmeters
- Algometers
- Oxygen analyzers
- Isokinetic dynamometers
- Video goggles
- Push/pull dynamometers
- Video projectors
- Electromyograph processing systems
- Sling psychrometers
- Noise meters
- Flight simulation equipment
- Body fat measurement calipers
- Laptop computers
- Computer laser printers
- Haptic devices
- Electronic distance measuring devices
- Tablet computers
- Light meters
- Hand sensor gloves
- Interactive whiteboards
- Anthropometers
- Torsiometers
- Digital audio recorders
- Lumbar motion monitors
- Digital video cameras
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- The MathWorks Simulink
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Noldus Information Technology uLog Pro
- SAS
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- Triangle Research Collaborative Observational Coding System OCS Tools
- TechSmith Camtasia
- Statistical software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Apple Safari
- Ovo Studios Ovo Logger
- Simulation software
- AEMC DataView
- Seeing Machines faceLAB
- JavaScript
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- Mozilla Firefox
- Mangold LogSquare
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Data Translation quickDAQ
- Oracle Java
- Microsoft Visio
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flash
- C++
- SPSS
- jQuery
- Noldus Information Technology The Observer XT
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- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Altia Design
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Microsoft Office
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft Excel
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- Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
- Mangold INTERACT
- AJAX
- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop