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