Overview

Guidant Global is delighted to be partnering with MBDA, a trusted Ministry of Defence partner. MBDA are looking for an experienced Human Factors Engineer to work within a systems engineering team defining the weapon system architecture.

The military operating environment is becoming more complex and new technological capabilities are required to ensure operational advantage. We believe that integration of Human Factors is critical to the development of safe, usable, and effective weapon systems. The Human Factors department is responsible for ensuring that user capability is fully considered in the weapon system, from initial concept design through development and delivery to the customer.

You will be joining a team recognised by UK MoD as an industry leader in the delivery of Human Factors Integration where you be able to influence systems as they develop from concept to delivery and gain first-hand experience of working with military users.

Our team work transversally across MBDAs projects through the development lifecycle providing capabilities to users across Land, Air and Sea with ongoing projects across Battlefield, Surface Attack, Deep Strike & Air Defence domains. As a partner in Team Tempest, we are also at the heart of providing the effects element of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).

Responsibilities

In your role you will be able to directly influence the development of these technologies, engaging directly with the user from early concept through to delivery ensuring that the human-machine relationship is optimised.

Analysis and assessment of the role of the operator within the weapon system considering weapon system planning, command, and control.
Integration of the human role into the system architecture as part of a model-based systems engineering approach.
Defining appropriate human views to meet stakeholder needs.
Definition of HF requirements.
Conduct of Human Factors Integration through the development lifecycle providing progressive assurance to the customer as per Def Stan 00-251.
Conduct of User Experiments and Trials supporting system conception, development and verification considering operator workload and situational awareness.

Skill Set

Be a member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF)
Have experience with application of Human Factors Integration & Human Factors Engineering in a Defence context (Air domain preferable)
Familiarity in modelling HF elements in SysML as part of a Model Based Systems Engineering approach.
Experience with architectural modelling tools (e.g., Rhapsody).
Understanding of SysML.
Experience of Agile Engineering practices and working in Systems Engineering teams.
Experience implementing Human Centred Design processes.
Knowledge of defence standards (00-251).
Previous experience with the conduct of core HF activities including task analysis, requirements development, user trials and Experimentation.
MS Office, DOORS.
Ability to generate technical reports.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.