Senior Engineer - Human Factors

Key Responsibilities

• Apply Human Factors (HF) expertise across warship design, balancing competing technical requirements.
• Plan and deliver HF activities, including resource organisation and stakeholder coordination.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Project Managers to achieve HF programme objectives and milestones.
• Produce high-quality deliverables, including technical reports and presentations.
• Promote HF principles and best practices in human-centred design among stakeholders.
• Identify and manage technical risks, contributing to mitigation strategies.
• Support capability development by mentoring junior engineers and sharing knowledge.

Job Requirements

• Experience in defence Human Factors, ideally within the maritime domain.
• Good understanding of implementing Human Factors principles in maritime design within a systems engineering context.
• Knowledge of HF methods such as task analysis and performance assessment.
• Awareness of external factors like safety, environmental impact, and sustainability.
• Comfortable working with a broad range of technical specialists.
• Ability to design and run HCI usability trials to evaluate products.
• Proficient with relevant HF software tools such as Axure RP and digital human modelling tools (e.g., Jack).

Qualifications

• Degree in a technology, engineering, or science-related discipline (expected).
• Qualification in Human Factors, UI/UX design, or psychology (preferred).
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership of a suitable professional institute, such as CIEHF (preferred).
• UX design certification (desirable).

This is a 12-month contract position with two available headcounts.

Candidates will need BPSS + SC clearance in flight.

If you are a dedicated and experienced professional in Human Factors, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to make a significant impact on the future of maritime defence technology.