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