Senior Human Factors Engineer

1 week ago


Bloomington, Illinois, United States MITRE Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Human Factors Engineer to join our team at MITRE. As a Human Factors Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and leading multi-disciplinary teams to tackle complex challenges and develop innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and provide technical guidance to small multidisciplinary teams, including other Human-Centered/Human Factors Engineers, UX Designers, and Front-End UX developers.
  • Collaborate closely with HCE/HFEs, UX Designers, researchers, project leaders, and sponsors, leveraging leading practices towards solution impact.
  • Advocate for the end-user, ensuring user-centered design principles are consistently applied throughout the solution path.
  • Lead the design and development of user interfaces for our sponsors' software and web applications, incorporating user research and usability testing to gather insights into user needs and behaviors.
  • Develop and maintain design systems and user interface guidelines, generating research and initiative proposals.
  • Mentor early career team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Requirements
  • A Bachelor's degree in Human Factors Engineering, Cognitive Engineering or Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, UX Design and/or Research, or a related field.
  • A minimum of 5 years of work experience in relevant roles, with a proven track record in researching, designing, developing, and prototyping system applications applying user-centered design principles.
  • Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a clearance.
  • Experience with user research methods and usability testing including facilitating interviews, focus groups, usability testing sessions, requirements gathering, and conducting heuristic assessments.
  • Experience in working with design software such as Sketch, Adobe XD, Balsamiq, Figma, or similar tools.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
  • Demonstrated ability to share work findings to government sponsors or senior leaders.
  • Demonstrated experience leading technical efforts and technically diverse teams of 2 or more.
  • This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Preferred Qualifications
  • Preference given to qualified candidates with active clearance
  • A Master's degree or PhD in Human Factors Engineering, Cognitive Engineering or Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, UX Design and/or Research, or a related field.
  • Experience with qualitative and quantitative research design, development, analysis, and presentation.
  • Entrepreneurial, innovative spirit.
  • Mentoring or tutoring experience.


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