Job Description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeAt Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Human Factors Engineerto join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Melbourne, Florida.

The selected candidate will lead the Human Systems Integration (HSI) activities in support of the Systems Engineering IPT lead.

The individual will be responsible for operating in an agile team environment and perform the following:

• Work with Section Managers to staff the HSI team

• Assign tasks to HSI team members

• Represent the HSI team at staff meetings, customer meetings, technical interchange meetings, etc.

• Facilitate cross-IPT discussion to ensure alignment of HSI requirements, design, and implementation

• Support the evaluation of requirements adhering to Human Factors best practices and specified sections of MIL-STD-1472.

• Contributions to Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to: Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload, and Situational Awareness surveys).

• Conduct computer based (NX) and empirical accessibility assessments from both an operator and maintainer perspective.

• 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).

• Support Airworthiness analysis, artifact development and compliance summaries.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a related discipline and 12 years of Human Factors experience, Master’s degree with 10 years of Human Factors experience OR a PhD with 8+ years

• Must have experience with Cameo.

• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (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 leading a technical team, participating in SETR events, Human Factors requirements management, and/or experience with Human Factors assessments and questionnaires.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Active U.S. government Top Secret clearance

· Experience developing, administering, and/or analyzing Human Factors questionnaires such as Usability, Workload, and Situational Awareness.

· Experience 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 with CAD Tools (NX and NX Jack Expertise preferred)

· Experience with system engineering processes and tools (DOORS preferred)

· Understand systems and design thinking as well as HMI/HCI design principles and practices

· Experience authoring Human Interface Design CDRLs in accordance with DoD Data Item Descriptions (e.g. HEDAD-M/O, HEPP, HSIPP, HETP/R, etc)

· 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

· Experience in system modeling tools (i.e., CORE, Rhapsody, PTC Integrity Modeler, Cameo)

· Experience with visual design (e.g. typography, symbology, layout) and UX/UI development methods (e.g. personas, usability testing, heuristic evaluations)

· Experience with wireframing and user interface prototyping (e.g. Balsamiq)

· Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (i.e. InDesign, Illustrator)

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Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.