Human Systems Integration Engineer

At Pacific Science & Engineering, we’re designing human-centered solutions and user interfaces that allow humans to partner effectively and safely with leading edge, high-complexity and high-consequence military and commercial systems. Our work includes areas such as autonomous and unmanned systems, high consequence decision support, data visualization, and electric grid control. Our science-driven approach to human factors engineering and design is unique and industry leading. We’re a diverse, multi-disciplined team of talented, energetic and innovative scientists, engineers, analysts, and designers working together in an inclusive and collaborative environment. We are an employee-owned corporation that provides a flexible work environment, competitive compensation, and incentives based on accomplishment and experience. If you’re excited to contribute to the future of successful human-technology partnership, Pacific Science & Engineering could be the perfect team for you.

RolePacific Science & Engineering’s Human Systems Integration Area is seeking a Human Systems Integration Engineer to perform collaboratively with cognitive scientists, UI/UX designers, systems engineering and software development teams to develop and improve the design of complex, computer-based and automated systems for use in high-consequence environments. Candidates must be an independent critical thinker with attention to detail and ability to extract meaning from data. Excellent verbal, written, and technical communication skills and ability to present to stakeholders are necessary.

Responsibilitiesdevelop creative and evidence-based solutions to complex, applied human factors challenges to develop new systems or improve existing oneslead or contribute within multi-disciplinary teams, accomplishing human factors engineering activities involving representative end-users of systems, cognitive scientists, designers, software developers, and program stakeholdersplan and execute human factors research efforts including development of user personas, articulation of complex workflows, and analysis of use-case environmental conditionsdocument research, analysis, findings, and recommendations in human factors engineering artifacts and products

Required Qualifications, Skills and Experiencemater's degree in Human Factors Engineering or a closely related fieldmastery of and ability to apply Human Factors standards and measuresexperience with/knowledge in applied Human Factors research, to include working with users in operational environments, useability testing and analysis, creation of user personas, articulation and analysis of complex tasks and workflows, system and user requirements definitionexcellent verbal, written and presentation skillsactive SECRET level or higher DOD government clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI US Government DOD security clearance as required by DOD government contracts (DOD security clearance requires US citizenship)ability to commute to/from home to PSE office location and client sites (to include military installations)ability to travel to domestic and international client sites up to 25 percent of the time

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and ExperiencePhD in Human Factors or a closely related field7+ years or more years of applied industry experience2+ years of Department of Defense (DoD) or other government field experienceactive TS/SCI DOD security clearanceexperience analyzing human performanceexperience analyzing sociotechnical systems (STS) in organizational developmentexperience with experiment design and the measurement of human performance in applied or laboratory environmentsexperience or strong background in data collection and data analysisexperience planning and leading workshops with the representative end-users of target systemsexperience with Department of Defense (DoD) Human Systems Integration (HSI) policy, processes, standards, and best practicesfamiliarity with user interface and graphic design tools (e.g., Adobe XD or Adobe Illustrator)