Gateway Human Factors Engineer

This position will be within the Leidos Space Exploration and Mission Operations division, which supports the Human Health and Performance Contract at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. We have a myriad of specialized teams focused on and delivering analysis and technology in support of the Artemis mission – to establish a sustained human presence in outer space. 

Specifically, this role is with the Human Factors and System Management team, which supports the Habitability and Human Factors Branch. This team leverages experience with both cognitive human factors and ergonomic research and evaluations to provide research, analysis, evaluation and usability testing of hardware and software crew interfaces for cockpits, habitats, spacesuits, and equipment, including computer displays and controls and workstation systems.

The candidate will mainly support the Gateway Program but may also support other Artemis exploration projects, like Orion. Typical 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.

US Citizenship or US Permanent Residency and the ability to successfully obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance are required.

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 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, including Gateway displays and controls.
• 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).

Minimum Requirements

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 areaDemonstrated skills in research/experimental design, task and error analysis, Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) testing, statistical analysis, and report writingExcellent oral and written communication skills and comfort interacting with and influencing stakeholders in all roles and levels of the organizationAbility to adapt quickly to changing requirements, handle a variety of work expectations, be a ‘go-getter’, and work independently, after initial training, as well as collaboratively

Preferred Requirements

Experience with requirements development and verification is desiredExperience with development of and human interaction with autonomous and information systems is desiredPrior experience with NASA, ISS, Orion, or related work, is desired as well. Familiarity with industry standards (e.g., MIL-STD-1472, NASA-STD-3001) is a plusOriginal Posting Date:2024-11-04

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:Pay Range $101,400.00 - $183,300.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.