Senior Human Factors Engineer

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

Job Title: Senior Engineer - Human Factors

Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Hybrid) - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Negotiable dependant on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Task, Workload, Situation Awareness and Human Reliability Analysis
• Understanding operator tasks to influence design, identifying issues with design and system processes, leading to making changes to improve operability
• Analysing and assessing workload and situation awareness to optimise operator performance through design
• Planning and conducting user trials to assess developing design and optimise user interaction
• Developing and analysing Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Assessing Human Machine Interface (HMI)
• Applied anthropometry and assessment of spatial layout design including working with 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools, immersive VR, and full-scale mock-ups

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Degree qualified in Human Factors/Ergonomics or a related discipline (e.g. Psychology, Industrial Design) or equivalent experience
• Experience of working on complex engineering projects would be beneficial
• Stakeholder Management experience
• Sufficient experience to be able to identify all the issues involved in area of responsibility

Desirable

• Chartered Ergonomist status with CIEHF (or working towards this)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Human Factors team:

As a Senior Human Factors engineer, you will be part of a team working across all 3 submarine programmes at BAE Systems. This is a very exciting time to be joining one the largest Human Factors teams in the UK. Our team provides Human Factors support to the day-to-day business of designing, building and operating submarines and to the maintenance of our nuclear site licence. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.