Senior Flight Deck Design Skilled – Human Factors Engineering

Location: Montreal, QC. Position type: Contract. Number of openings: Four. Visa: Any (No Closed Worked position).

In your role you will conceptualize, design, evaluate and certify flight deck interfaces through requirements capture, prototyping, simulation, analysis and usability tests.

Responsibilities

- Deploy cognitive ergonomics expertise to support design, tests and analysis of Human Machine Interfaces.
- Support requirements development, task analysis, and human error analysis.
- Develop system Human Machine Interface (HMI) simulations and prototypes.
- Create and manage documentation for human factors activities related to new aircraft, significant cockpit modifications and sustaining programs.
- Elaborate and conduct user-centered design activities related to flight deck HMI.
- Perform scenario based flight deck and user experience (UX) evaluation in line with BA flight deck philosophy.
- Interact with flight crews to develop and assess overall cockpit physical and cognitive usability.
- Support certification effort for 1302 and other human factors related regulations.
- Interact with several programs/platforms.

Qualifications





- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science and a degree in Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, Industrial Design or equivalent.
- Practical experience in cognitive ergonomics (cognition, perception, decision making, workload, situation awareness, human error) and notions of physical ergonomics (anthropometry, strength, reach, vision).
- Relevant experience (10 years) and knowledge in the aerospace industry, including aircraft systems, flight operations, regulatory environment, design standards (e.g., MIL STD, SAE ARP, ARINC).
- Resourceful in computer-based tools, autonomous in learning and adapting easily to current software.
- Organized and self‑motivated team player, capable of working with or without supervision, with good technical writing and oral presentation skills (English required, French an asset).
- Capable of absorbing large quantity of information, planning and executing experiments, evaluations and tests for validation and verification.
- Ability to work under pressure and adjust to changing and competing priorities.
- Shows initiative, efficiency, strong sense of responsibility and integrity, good interpersonal communication skills and technical judgment.

📌 Senior Flight Deck Design Professional, Human Factors Engineering, Four position on Montreal QC.
🏢 Accord Technologies
📍 Montreal