Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Operability Engineer– Human Factors
Location: Cheadle
25-30% Travel required to other UK sites
Do you have good stakeholder management? Are you passionate about coaching & being a mentor to others? Are you adaptable? Are you not afraid to speak up and stand up for your own beliefs?
What the role has to offer:
- Diverse and variation of work
- Opportunity to support further development & training
- Making an impact on real world matters
Our Opportunity
Thales Underwater Systems (UWS) who design, develop and support Sonar Systems applications for anti-submarine warfare and mine hunting, have a fantastic opportunity for an Operability Engineer to join a friendly military based team.
The Operability Expertise team, are responsible for all Human Factors related activities for Submarine, Surface Ships and Airborne Sonar and Command and Control systems including Human Machine Interface (HMI) design, HMI test and evaluation, training design, end-user engagement including workshops and human-in-the-loop experimentation. In addition, the team is responsible for seeking new and innovative methods (including automation and AI) of working across the Combat System designed to improve operability, enhance situational awareness, enhance user experience, optimise workload and ultimately reduce crewing requirements.
Some Responsibilities include:
- Support the design and execution of human-in-the-loop experimentation using a range of methods, tools and techniques (e.g. psychophysiological tools, network analysis, questionnaires)
- System definition activities – requirements definition, HMI design and evaluation
- User centred evaluation activities focused on system usability and workload usability metrics
- Data Analysis and visualisation
- Prototyping new concepts and developments using Consumer off the Shelf (COTS) software and tools
- Support delivery of technical documentation including Human Factors Integration Plans (HFIP), Style Guides, and Operator Transaction Specifications for software development
- Support Training design
- Technology assessments in particular their applicability to maritime domain
- Analysis of system and human performance
About You
We are interested in talking to interested candidates, whether you are an experienced designer looking for your next steps, or someone that is looking for their first role.
Some nice to haves…
- Passion and interest in Human Factors
- Knowledge of the experimental design process, how to plan and conduct human-in-the-loop experimentation
- Knowledge of how to collect and analyse both qualitative and quantitative data
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
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