Northrop Grumman · 6 hours ago
Sr Principal Engineer Human Factors
Melbourne, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $184K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading company in technological advancements and is seeking a Senior Principal Human Factors Engineer to join their team. The role involves ensuring aircraft hardware and software systems are operable by US military crews, applying HCI principles to software designs, and collaborating with various teams to meet design requirements.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support the evaluation of requirements adhering to Human Factors best practices and specified sections of MIL-STD-1472
Facilitate the customer’s product vision by conceiving, sketching, and prototyping experiences for digital products with a user centered design approach and consideration to HMI and Human Factors principals
Be flexible and iterate designs in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment
Use one or more industry standard design and prototyping tools to create wireframes, visual designs, and interactive prototypes
Leads, enables, and is accountable for the preparation, improvement, and integration of the human interface design visuals for the organization
Ability to work independently
Confer with subsystem engineers and subject matter experts for project details regarding background information, project parameters and objectives, presentation approaches, styles, and techniques
Collaboration with Design Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure evolving design addresses program needs and adheres to Human Interface design requirements
Contributions to Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to: Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload, and Situational Awareness surveys)
Author/support the program documentation of the HFE processes and products in a format consistent with US Military Data Item Descriptions (e.g. Human Engineering Program Plan, Human Engineering Design Approach Document – Operator, Human Engineering Design Approach Document – Maintainer, Human Engineering Test Plan, Human Engineering Test Report, et. Al)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of science degree and 8 years of experience in a Human Factors related field; or a Master's degree and 6 years of experience in a related field; or a PhD and 4 years of experience in a related field
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company
Experience with visual design and UX/UI development methods
Experience developing user interface prototypes/wireframes
Preferred
Understand systems and design thinking as well as HMI/HCI design principles and practices
Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (i.e. InDesign, Illustrator)
Software development/programming experience
Experience developing, administering and/or analyzing Human Factors questionnaires such as Usability, Workload, and/or Situational Awareness
Experience designing autonomous systems to aid human performance
Experience interpreting, applying, and/or tailoring MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD-411, MIL-STD-1787, MIL-STD-3009, and/or MIL-STD-46855 in support of aircraft design activity
Ability to lead a small UX/HF team as the program grows
Proficiency in writing and executing demonstration & test procedures
The ability to clearly and accurately express engineering findings orally and in written technical reports and presentations
Familiar with the interpretation and application of systems safety, personnel survivability, and habitability requirements to system design
Experience authoring Human Interface Design CDRLs in accordance with DoD Data Item Descriptions (e.g. HEDAD-M/O, HEPP, HSIPP, HETP/R, etc)
Experience with system engineering processes and tools (CAMEO preferred)
Experience in system modeling tools (i.e., CORE, Rhapsody, PTC Integrity Modeler, Cameo)
Experience with CAD Tools (NX and NX Jack Expertise preferred)
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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