How do they match: Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists

  • Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists

  • Engineering Psychologist
  • Cognitive Engineer
  • Ergonomics Engineer
  • HMI Engineer
  • Human Factors Engineer
  • Human Machine Interface Engineer
  • Usability Engineer

  • Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals, including engineers, designers, managers, or customers.
  • Analyze complex systems to determine potential for further development, production, interoperability, compatibility, or usefulness in a particular area, such as aviation.
  • Assess the user-interface or usability characteristics of products.
  • Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.
  • Develop or implement research methodologies or statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes used in new products or processes, such as cockpit designs, user workstations, or computerized human models.
  • Prepare reports or presentations summarizing results or conclusions of human factors engineering or ergonomics activities, such as testing, investigation, or validation.

  • Analyze operational data to evaluate operations, processes or products.
  • Assess product or process usefulness.
  • Create models of engineering designs or methods.
  • Estimate technical or resource requirements for development or production projects.
  • Estimate time requirements for development or production projects.
  • Research human performance or health factors related to engineering or design activities.
  • Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.