Human Factors Engineering and Flight Deck Specialist

Human Factors Engineering and Flight Deck Specialist

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Human Factors Engineering and Flight Deck Specialist to join our department based in Toulouse - Saint Martin, France.

Human Factors Engineering is responsible for the holistic development of Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) for all relevant operators workstations within Military Air platforms, e.g., cockpits, flight decks, mission consoles and ground control stations.

Human‑machine interface design aims at designing the best interface between people and their activities using the best technologies, user interface principles and 'design and validation' methodologies such as prototyping methods.

Your Challenges

The job mainly consists of the application of Human Factors Engineering (HFE) to ensure a user‑centered Workstation/HMI design according to Human Factors criteria:

• Classical ergonomics criteria: visibility, reachability, physical usability, ingress and egress.
• Cognitive ergonomics criteria: operator workload, usability, situational awareness, human error.
• Environmental aspects affecting operation: lighting, NVIS compatibility, noise.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Workstations design (cockpits, flight decks, mission consoles and ground control stations), including the definition of geometry, layout and furnishing.
• HMI design and multimodal interaction: control units, indicators, displays and moding (graphical user interface) and interaction means.
• Application of end‑to‑end HFE process along the systems life cycle from early analysis during concept definitions up to entry into service.
• Mission analysis, task analysis, ergonomic analysis, workload analysis and human error analysis.
• HMI prototyping, both hardware and software, according to system development phases, e.g., virtual models/simulations and physical mock‑ups.
• Human Factors V&V: user‑centered design reviews, demonstrations, validation and testing.
• Human Factors qualification and certification.

Benefits

• Financial rewards: attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work/life balance: extra days‑off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Well‑being / health: complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services centre, concierge services, gym, car‑pooling application.
• Individual development: great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to over 10,000 e‑learning courses to develop employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

Company & Employment

Airbus Defence and Space SAS

Employment type: Permanent

Class Emploi (France): Class F12

Experience level: Professional

Job family: Qualification & Operability

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