Human Factors Engineer

Job description

Siemens is offering a user focussed engineer the opportunity to work as part of the Human Factors / Ergonomics team. As a Human Factors Engineer, you would work with a world class interdisciplinary team to provide effective, technically advanced, and user focussed products. The HF team provide expertise to:

· Tenders: Identifying innovative solutions for demanding clients.
· Research & Development: Developing a family of signalling, train control and protection systems.
· Projects: Delivering complex turnkey Mainline and Mass Transit (Metro) railway solutions.

You need to be enthusiastic in the subject of human factors / ergonomics and the benefits it can bring. You should be proactive, eager to acquire new skills and willing to learn from others. An aptitude for understanding multidimensional problems, and complex products, systems and development processes is essential. As are excellent inter-personal and communication skills, the talent for compromise, and the ability to work in a team and under your own initiative.

What are my responsibilities?

· Provide technical expertise in human factors to tenders, R&D, projects and improvement initiatives
· Work closely with project managers and engineering teams to promote a good understanding of human factors capabilities and ensure smooth and effective integration of human factors throughout design, development and implementation
· Produce a human factors integration plan to ensure HF methods and activities are suitably integrated with other project activities and conducted at the appropriate time, using suitable methods
· Apply human factors methods and design principles to ensure:
· All human factors requirements for the system and its components are identified,
· User requirements and capabilities are considered throughout design, development and implementation,
· Users are engaged appropriately throughout the project lifecycle,
· Compliance with relevant human factors standards and good practice,
· The delivered product or system is fit-for-purpose, meets user needs, promotes effective, efficient and safe working, and is acceptable to users.
· Build good working relationships with equivalent human factors staff in external parties
· Deliver high quality deliverables as required to record human factors activities and provide evidence of compliance with human factors and client standards and processes
· To assist in the provision of a Company archive of human factors related data for use by future projects

What do I need to qualify for this job?

· HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent in Psychology, Ergonomics, Human Factors or a related discipline (essential)
· Experience of working in large, multi-discipline teams (essential)
· Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to produce high quality documentation to tight timescales (essential)
· A willingness to work towards Registered Membership of the CIEHF (essential)
· Experience in employing human factors techniques in design. For example Human Factors Integration, workload analysis, HMI design, user and stakeholder engagement, workstation layout, control room design, and maintainability
· Experience working in a safety critical industry preferably Rail

TheSiemens Mobility Division with approximately 3,500 employees, focuses on sustainable technologies for metropolitan areas and their infrastructures. Its offering includes products, systems and solutions for intelligent traffic management, rail-bound transportation, smart grids, energy efficient buildings, and safety and security. The Division comprises the divisions Rail Systems, Rail Automation, Traffic Solutions, and Rail Electrification.

Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the UK’s major challenges. Siemens has a significant presence throughout the UK, with 13 manufacturing sites and more than 25 major offices. Today the company employs over 13,760 people in the UK, including about 5,000 in the manufacturing sector. Last year’s revenues were £3.36 billion. Electrification, automation and digitalization are the long-term growth fields of Siemens. In order to take full advantage of the market potential in these fields, our businesses are bundled into nine divisions and healthcare as a separately managed business.

Siemens offers a comprehensive reward package which includes a competitive basic salary, bonus scheme, generous holiday allowance and pension. Through our flexible benefits scheme you can select benefits that best suit your lifestyle, including private healthcare.

How do I apply?

We are looking forward to receiving your online application. Please ensure you complete all areas, of the application form, to the best of your ability as we will use this data to review your suitability for the role.

What else do I need to know?

Siemens is dedicated to quality, equality, and valuing diversity, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities within which we work.

If you are appointed in to this role you will receive standard Siemens terms, conditions and benefits.