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