Senior Human Factors Engineer 12 month contract - Inside IR35 – 4 days onsite in Preston We are looking for a Senior Human Factors Engineer to assist in the development of HMI designs and schemes for the fast jets or Military Aviation Cockpit for a consultancy we are working with. Successful candidate will need to have Active SC. Work Experience Duties may also include providing broader support to the Cockpit Group team, including: * Supporting Safety analysis using Human Error Analysis techniques * Supporting technical document reviews and distribution * Validation and Verification activities of design to support qualification and airworthiness clearances. * Undertaking analysis of customer requirements, to determine the basis for new and evolved features within the cockpit. * Against agreed requirements, establishing designs and schemes for the HMI within the fast jets Cockpit, covering control and symbology aspects. * Defining Pilot interfaces with the systems in conjunction with Aircrew and Test Pilots from fast jets operating Airforces and engineering teams. * Working with Cockpit and System Integration rig test teams, specifying and supporting the development of test scenarios to demonstrate the proposed HMI design. * Supporting HMI usability assessments with Aircrew. * Producing Cockpit technical documentation * Through customer review, undertaking Aircrew assessment of proposed design schemes, refining as necessary, to establish the detailed schemes to be taken forward for full Cockpit and Avionic Systems design. * Coordinating with product safety and product clearance stakeholders, to support aircraft clearances of the Cockpit Designs / Schemes. * Working with support engineering, to establish and maintain Aircrew and Groundcrew Technical Publications, to underpin safe operation of the fast jets Weapon System. Essential skills/qualifications * Degree or equivalent in Human Factors or related subject (e.g. psychology or user centred design) * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Confidence in presenting information to a wide variety of stakeholders * Be capable of deriving system requirements from higher level requirements (Customer etc.). * Must be capable of progressing a number of concurrent tasks and reporting on these. Desirable skills/qualifications * Experience in conducting experiments and user assessments * Military Air domain knowledge and/or experience