Human Factors Lead - Skunk Works

Standard Job Description

What's In It For You:

• 3 DAYS OFF every weekend with our flexible 4/10 works schedule!

What's In It For You

3 day weekends every weekend!

The Human Systems Engineering team provides one of the most unique opportunities at Aeronautics to work closely with pilots and engineers to help develop the newest tactical capabilities for the warfighters of today and tomorrow.

What You Will Be Doing:

Our Human Systems Engineering team within Skunk Works provides technical support to engineering teams across Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for multiple platforms including the F-16, F-22, F-35, and Advanced Development Programs and products (Cockpits, Displays, Graphical User Interface, Egress Systems, Pilot Flight Equipment and Life Support) during all phases of the lifecycle. As a Human Factors Engineering Lead for Skunk Works, you will impact Lockheed Martin Advanced Development initiatives by positively collaborating with pilots, users, maintainers, and Human Systems Integration Domain SMEs (Manpower, Personnel, Training, Human Factors Engineering, Habitability, Safety and Occupational Health and Force Protection and Survivability), to understand Human Systems Integration concerns as new products are designed and improved upon.

Beyond that, you may also find yourself:

• Representing the Skunk Works team in program execution (cost, schedule and technical performance), proposal activities, customer interfaces, and supplier engagement.
• Integrating operator interfaces with Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI) message sets and architectures.
• Ensuring human interface design concepts conveys customer intent into the design
• Evaluate operational impact to system architects and designers to inform system level design.
• Collaborating with software developers, the customer, and program management to design human interfaces, obtain design decisions, and reconcile customer intent against feasibility, cost, and complexity of various design modifications.
• Providing human factors expertise to support technical baseline management, technical reviews, system demonstrations, and Human Systems Integration.

Who You Are:

The ideal skunk is an agile, multi-faceted teammate who loves to solve our customer's most difficult challenges. If you are someone who enjoys guiding your team to success, this opportunity will invite you to lead and inspire from an individual contributor capacity. Self-motivated and inspired, you thrive in an environment where you are empowered to work your craft, never settling for the bare minimum.

Applies human performance principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of human-machine systems and products. Develops and implements research methodologies and statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes used in new products and processes, such as cockpit designs, user workstations, and computerized human models. Interfaces with design engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements and to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces. Identifies and analyzes technological problems or risks, performs theoretical human factors investigations, and develops and implements research and analysis plans.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher from an accredited college in a Human Factors or related discipline
• Team leadership experience
• Strong and proven understanding of the Engineering development process (Systems Engineering, Human Factors Engineering, Human Systems Integration)
• Experience with control account management, project planning, and scheduling
• Customer engagement experience

Desired Skills

• Experience with Human Systems Integration planning and execution
• Proven communication skills, presentation skills, team building and ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships (both internal to LM and with customers)
• Prior mentoring experience

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $129000.00 - $239600.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow-both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.