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