Human Factors & Ergonomics Engineer (Control Systems) in Birmingham

Location: UK (Chippenham / Derby / Birmingham)

We’re looking for a Human Factors & Ergonomics Engineer to join our Control Systems team within Siemens Mobility’s Rail Infrastructure business. Based out of one of our UK office locations (Chippenham, Derby or Birmingham) for 3 days a week with flexible working 2 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the delivery of Human Factors work within live railway projects, ensuring that usability and human performance considerations are embedded into the system design and implementation.
• Supporting Human Factors Integration activities and contributing to HF management plans.
• Providing input to requirements capture with a focus on usability, workload, and human performance.
• Working alongside systems, software, and safety engineers to contribute to design decisions.
• Supporting usability assessments and operator engagement activities.
• Contributing to testing and validation from a Human Factors perspective.
• Preparing Human Factors documentation such as reports, analyses, and supporting evidence.
• Contributing to verification and validation activities to ensure usability and performance are fully considered.
• Engagement with stakeholders is an important aspect of the role. The engineer will take part in workshops, design reviews, and discussions with project stakeholders, including clients and end users, helping to understand operational needs.
• Communicating Human Factors considerations in a clear and practical way.

Qualifications

• A degree in Ergonomics, Human Factors, Psychology, or a related discipline.
• Registered member of the CIEHF, working towards, or interested in, professional accreditation (Chartership).
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Human Factors and ergonomics principles and their application to complex systems.
• Be comfortable working in multidisciplinary engineering teams and contributing across the systems engineering lifecycle, with a strong focus on understanding user needs.
• A structured and analytical approach is important, along with the ability to communicate effectively and adapt to project environments.
• Have an awareness of systems engineering lifecycle (requirements, design, verification, validation).
• Have strong communication and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience within railway systems or other safety‑critical environments would be beneficial, along with exposure to safety assurance or usability‑focused activities.
• Experience in usability testing or user engagement is desirable.
• The role will require travel within the UK and the ability to work within project delivery environments, supporting multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Benefits

• Wellbeing: Flexible working, 24/7 mental health support, subsidised gym memberships, subsidised Bupa healthcare, enhanced sick pay.
• Financial: Match and More pension, life assurance, perks at work discounts, cycle to work scheme, annual bonus.
• Family: Day‑one parental rights, shared parental leave, extra holidays for length of service, 26 days annual leave plus public holidays with flexibility to buy or sell up to 5 days, volunteering days and sabbaticals.
• Personal Growth: Access to online learning, support for external training and development opportunities, inclusive culture promoting equality and belonging, active employee networks, opportunities to grow your skills and career.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from all individuals, including those with disabilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter, who will be happy to support you. At Siemens, we promote a growth mindset, the self‑belief that we can learn and grow, take on new challenges and adapt to change. If you don't match all the criteria for this role but feel you have transferable skills to enable you to succeed, we encourage you to apply.