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