Researcher Nat Phys Science - (STA007078)

This position will be within the Human Factors and System Management team, which supports the Habitability and Human Factors Branch at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. This team provides research, analysis, evaluation and usability testing of hardware and software crew interfaces for cockpits, habitats, spacesuits, and equipment. This includes computer displays and controls, workstation systems, and other types of crew interfaces. The group has a unique capability with a staff experienced in the rigors of both cognitive human factors and ergonomic research and evaluations. The candidate will mainly support the Gateway Program, but also become involved in other projects like Orion. Exploration activities consist of providing support to the design and development of the human-system interfaces, including requirements interpretation and verification planning and testing, task analysis, human error analysis, and iterative crew evaluations.

General Duties include:
• Apply human performance principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of human-system interfaces.
• Identify and analyze technological problems or risks, perform theoretical human factors investigations, and develop and implement evaluation and analysis plans.
• Develop and implement evaluation methodologies and statistical analysis plans to test and assess developmental prototypes used in new products and processes, such as cockpit designs, user workstations, and computerized human models.
• Interface with design engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements and to ensure optimized human-system interfaces.
• Provide human systems expertise and support to the design and development of human -system interfaces in an integrated and collaborative fashion, supporting design, development, and preparation of deliverables.

Specific Duties include:
• Conduct cognitive task analysis at the system and component level.
• Perform human error analysis by identifying potential sources of human error and actions to mitigate sources of human error through design recommendations.
• Conduct Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) testing by developing test plans, coordinating with facilities, collaborating with subject matter experts, conducting the data collection and analysis, and delivering presentations to Program management throughout the design lifecycle.
• Provide human factors consulting services to include design, prototyping, surveys/interviews, heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthroughs, and/or usability testing of human-system interfaces.
• Provide verification planning and execution for requirements such as usability, workload, error, information management, automation levels, anthropometry, range of motion, and strength.
• Support technical reviews such as Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR).

 

EEO/AA

Qualifications :

This is a broadband position. Researcher 3- Sr. Researcher

Qualifications:

Required:
Candidate must have a minimum of a master’s degree in human factors, cognitive psychology, human-centered design, or closely related technical discipline, and 8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. The candidate must have demonstrated skills in research/experimental design, task and error analysis, Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) testing, statistical analysis, and report writing.

Desired:
Experience with requirements development and verification; Experience with development of and human interaction with autonomous and information systems; Familiarity with industry standards (e.g., MIL-STD-1472, NASA-STD-3001) and/or prior experience with NASA, ISS, Orion, or related work.

Additional Job Posting Information:
Experience in lieu of education.

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