At a Glance
- Tasks: Support major maritime/defence programmes with human-centred design for complex systems.
- Company: Leading defence engineering firm with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive hourly rate, flexible hybrid working, and potential for a 4-day week.
- Other info: Opportunity for knowledge sharing and mentoring in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in defence by shaping safe and usable design solutions.
- Qualifications: Experience in Human Factors within defence, strong understanding of HF principles.
The predicted salary is between 60 - 60 £ per hour.
We're recruiting for an experienced Human Factors Engineer to support major maritime/defence engineering programmes, focusing on human-centred design for complex command and control systems and equipment. You'll be working in a multi-disciplinary environment, collaborating with engineering teams and end users to shape safe, operable and usable design solutions.
Location
- Role can be based from one of the following southern sites: Frimley, New Malden, Broad Oak, or Filton
- Hybrid pattern: typically 1-3 days onsite but can accommodate once every 2 weeks
- Possibility to only work a 4 day week
Contract details
- Contract length: 12 months
- Engagement: Inside IR35
- Rate: £60.00/hour PAYE or up to £81.05/hour umbrella
- Clearance: BPSS required, with SC in progress / in flight
- Hiring: 2 headcount
What you'll be doing
- Deliver Human Factors input across the engineering lifecycle for maritime/defence systems
- Plan and run HF activities (stakeholder engagement, reviews, workshops, trials)
- Apply methods such as task analysis, performance assessment and HF design techniques
- Produce high-quality deliverables (reports, presentations, metrics) to time/cost/quality expectations
- Promote good practice in Human Factors Integration and human-centred design
- Identify and manage risks and issues, escalating when needed
- Support capability development through knowledge sharing and mentoring
What we're looking for
- Defence Human Factors experience (maritime exposure preferred)
- Strong understanding of applying HF principles within a systems engineering context
- Experience designing/running HCI usability trials
- Familiarity with MoD Human Factors Integration approaches/standards
- Tooling exposure such as Axure RP and digital human modelling (e.g., Jack)
- Degree in an engineering/science/technology related discipline
- Human Factors / UI/UX / psychology qualification preferred (plus chartership progress and UX cert are desirable)
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