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