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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
- Ergonomics Engineer
- Ergonomics Consultant
- Ergonomic Specialist
- Engineering Psychologist
- Chief Engineer
Tasks for “Human Factors Ergonomist”
- Prepare reports or presentations summarizing results or conclusions of human factors engineering or ergonomics activities, such as testing, investigation, or validation.
- Review health, safety, accident, or worker compensation records to evaluate safety program effectiveness or to identify jobs with high incidents of injury.
- Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.
- 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.
- Analyze complex systems to determine potential for further development, production, interoperability, compatibility, or usefulness in a particular area, such as aviation.
- Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools such as checklists, surveys, videotaping or force measurement.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Collect data through direct observation of work activities or witnessing the conduct of tests.
- Inspect work sites to identify physical hazards.
- Integrate human factors requirements into operational hardware.
- Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals including engineers, designers, managers, or customers.
- 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.
- Write, review, or comment on documents, such as proposals, test plans, or procedures.
- Develop or implement human performance research, investigation, or analysis protocols.
- Recommend workplace changes to improve health and safety, using knowledge of potentially harmful factors, such as heavy loads or repetitive motions.
- Investigate theoretical or conceptual issues, such as the human design considerations of lunar landers or habitats.
- 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 interviews or surveys of users or customers to collect information on topics such as requirements, needs, fatigue, ergonomics, or interfaces.
- Conduct research to evaluate potential solutions related to changes in equipment design, procedures, manpower, personnel, or training.
- Estimate time or resource requirements for ergonomic or human factors research or development projects.
- Establish system operating or training requirements to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces.
- Assess the user-interface or usability characteristics of products.
- Design cognitive aids, such as procedural storyboards or decision support systems.
- Train users in task techniques or ergonomic principles.
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- Push/pull dynamometers
- Inclinometers
- Sling psychrometers
- Interactive whiteboards
- Digital video cameras
- Light meters
- Laser Doppler flowmeters
- Electronic distance measuring devices
- Computer laser printers
- Electrocardiography EKG monitors
- Hand dynamometers
- Isokinetic dynamometers
- Torsiometers
- Digital audio recorders
- Microphones
- Anthropometers
- Oxygen analyzers
- Heart rate monitors
- Laptop computers
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- Manual blood pressure measurement equipment
- Hand sensor gloves
- Noise meters
- Personal computers
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- Video projectors
- Lumbar motion monitors
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- Colorimeters
- Exercise treadmills
- Velometers
- Body fat measurement calipers
- Tablet computers
- Goniometers
- Touch screen monitors
- Haptic devices
- Digital force gauges
- Electromagnetic motion analysis systems
- Desktop computers
- Video goggles
- Octave band analyzers
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