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Entry Level Flight Deck Human Factors Specialist

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Boeing

Entry Level Flight Deck Human Factors Specialist

Everett, WA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description Qualifications:

    The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity for a Entry-Level Flight Deck Human Factors Specialist to join our Flight Deck team located in Everett, WA.

    At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us!

    Come join the team that designs, tests, and certifies industry-leading, state-of-the-art Flight Decks for Boeing Commercial Airplanes! At any given moment, tens of thousands of Flight Crews around the world are operating and working in the flight decks of Boeing-designed airplanes. We are tasked with ensuring that today's designs receive world class support and new and future designs are loved by pilots, advance aviation safety, and improve operational efficiency. The flight decks that you design will be used for decades to come and connect the entire globe.

    In Flight Deck, we define the look and feel of the interface for the pilots. You will be responsible for that design from conception to the end of its service life. Come join a team of experts in flight operations, with unique knowledge of how flight crews operate our airplanes and what their needs, tasks, and constraints are. In this role, you will work closely with pilots from all over the world to deliver industry leading flight decks.

    The successful Flight Deck team member has a passion for aviation and enjoys working with a team of pilots, engineers, and customers who share that same passion.

    A Flight Deck Human Factors specialist can have focus areas which may include: display formats, menus and control interfaces, display hardware, flight management system, instrument panel layouts, crew alerting, electronic flight bag, crew personal electronic devices, failure effects and analysis, navigation, communication equipment, crew procedures, crew training, human factors/cognition, regulatory compliance, and ergonomic analysis.

    Position Responsibilities :

    • Designing, testing, and certifying the look, feel, and operational behavior of the flight deck, from the early conceptual phase to supporting airplanes through their service life
    • Collaborating with pilots, designers, and systems engineers to ensure flight deck interfaces and flight management automation complements the cognitive, physical, sensory, and ergonomic capabilities of our pilots
    • Conducting and executing user evaluations and testing in state-of-the-art full-flight simulators and flight test airplanes
    • Designing and executing human factors studies in support of product development and product evolution, ensuring continuous growth within the frontier of human-system integration
    • Supporting product development efforts to identify new and emerging technologies to increase aviation safety and add value to our products or services
    • Supporting the establishment of design requirements for changes and enhancements to the flight crew interface on existing or new commercial airplane models, and testing and implementing those enhancements
    • Developing and executing Human Factors processes in support of compliance activities and interacting with regulatory bodies, both domestic and international
    • Utilizing Human Factors methodologies and best practices to develop, evaluate, analyze, test, and support the cognitive, interactive, ergonomic, and behavioral attributes of Boeing Flight Decks
    • Informing and advocating for the incorporation of human performance limits in the assessment of safety risk in our product designs
    • Working closely with the international avionics’ community and a diverse and global community of flight operations professionals including flight test, technical and procedural, training, customer airline, and regulator pilots
    • Represent Boeing Commercial Airplanes Human Factors community in both corporate enterprise functional organizations as well as industry committees

    This position allows telecommuting. The selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options.

    This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

    Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience) :

    • Bachelor degree from an accredited course of study in human factors, UX/UI Design, systems engineering, industrial engineering, or psychology
    • Four or more years' related engineering work experience
    • Some travel may be required, either domestic or international. Frequent travel to other local Puget Sound sites is required
    • Ability to effectively communicate with a diverse engineering team in order to establish a consensus on complex technical issues

    Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

    • Human factors experience within the aerospace/flight operation industry
    • Pilot certification or experience

    Typical Education & Experience:

    Entry-Level: Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 2 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. Master). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard

    Relocation :

    This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility

    Drug Free Workplace :

    Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies

    Shift Work :

    This position is for 1st shift

    This is a Union-represented position

    At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

    The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

    The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

    Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

    Summary pay range Entry-Level: $87,550 - $118,450

    Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and thinkers. Bold innovators and dreamers. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.

    Relocation:

    Relocation is available for eligible candidates, if authorized

    Export Control Requirement:

    U.S. Government Export Control Status: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

    Safety Sensitive:

    This is not a safety sensitive position

    Contingent Upon Award Program

    This position is not contingent upon program award

    Experience Level:

    Individual Contributor - 1

    Job Type:

    Regular

    Job Code:

    6K8CI2 (6F8)

    Equal Employment Opportunity:

    Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

  • Industry
    Airlines/Aviation
  • About Us

    As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. Creating the world’s most innovative aerospace products and services requires a diverse and inclusive global team. We know that every teammate brings something uniquely valuable to Boeing, and that we can make the world better, together. Join us.