Human Factors & Flight Deck Design Engineer

Location: Montreal, QC or Wichita, KS

Work Model: Hybrid – minimum 2 days onsite per week, preferably 3

We are looking for experienced Human Factors / Ergonomics professionals to support aerospace flight deck design and development programs in Montreal and Wichita.

This is an chance to work on the design and evaluation of aircraft flight deck interfaces, combining Human Factors, ergonomics, engineering, aircraft systems and pilot/user experience.

What You’ll Do

Depending on your area of expertise, you will contribute to:

- Flight deck and cockpit Human Factors and User-Centered Design activities.
- Physical and/or cognitive ergonomics analysis and evaluation.
- Cockpit geometry, interfaces, components and control placement.
- 3D modeling, simulation, rig testing and product evaluation.
- Flight deck HMI design, workflow, workload and usability analysis.
- Requirements development, task analysis and human error analysis.
- Prototyping and scenario-based flight deck/UX evaluations.
- Interaction with flight crews/pilots to assess physical and cognitive usability.
- Supporting certification and compliance activities related to Human Factors.
- Collaborating with engineering, avionics, manufacturing and other Human Factors specialists.

We’re Looking For The ideal candidate will bring:
- 4–15+ years of relevant experience, depending on level.
- Strong practical experience in Human Factors / Ergonomics.
- Aerospace/aviation experience, preferably involving flight decks or cockpits.
- Understanding of aircraft systems, avionics and/or flight operations.




- Experience considering the pilot/user perspective when developing engineering solutions.
- Practical industrial experience — purely academic/theoretical Human Factors experience is not sufficient.
- Strong communication, teamwork, initiative and technical judgment.

Physical Ergonomics Backgrounds

Particularly relevant experience includes:

- Anthropometry, reach, strength and vision.
- Cockpit geometry and physical usability.
- Digital human/mannequin modeling.
- Component and control placement.
- 3D modeling tools such as CATIA, NX, Jack or Rhinoceros.

Flight Deck / Cognitive Human Factors Backgrounds

Relevant experience includes

- Flight deck HMI/interface design.
- Cognitive ergonomics, workload and situation awareness.
- Task and human error analysis.
- Flight Management Systems, SATCOM, audio and avionics.
- Flight operations and certification.
- User-centered design, simulation and usability testing.

Important

We are not looking for generic occupational/workplace ergonomics or purely avionics/system engineering profiles. The strongest candidates will have experience applying Human Factors directly to aviation, flight deck or similarly complex human-machine environments.

Candidates from other complex transport environments may also be considered where their Human Factors experience is highly transferable.

French is an asset; English is required.

If you have hands-on experience designing or evaluating systems from both the pilot/user perspective and the Human Factors engineering perspective, we would like to hear from you.

📌 Human Factors & Flight Deck Design Engineer (Montreal)
🏢 AXISCADES
📍 Montreal