Human Factors Specialist (m/f) - Toulouse Area | Airbus Job

Job Description:

Airbus Commercial is looking for a Human Factors Specialistto join its Aircraft Cockpit design team. The role is based inToulouse, France.

Human Factors’ mission is to contribute to safety and customer's operations efficiency, by ensuring that Airbus is considering Human performance and limitations into its research, development, certification, production, customer support activities for its Product, Services and Processes. 

Safety and Humans are at the heart of our mission, with the objective to minimize flight crew workload and risk of errors, enable effective normal and abnormal situation responses and enhance the pilot task performance.

People's safety, well-being and job satisfaction are also major areas of concern.

You will evolve in a department of about 30 Human Factors specialists and experts, with very diverse profiles in terms of nationalities (about 10 different nationalities), educational and professional background, age, gender. They are all highly skilled in one or several HF disciplines such as cognitive ergonomics, neuroscience, linguistics or physical ergonomics. Our department covers a large variety of projects, from light evolutions on existing products to large RnT projects to prepare the next generation of cockpits.
 

Your working environment:

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!
 

How we care for you:

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.

• Work / Life Balance:  Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.

• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.

• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects  with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly.    Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

• Bring Human Factors expertise on critical & complex cockpit layouts, functions, technologies and operations by working in a multidisciplinary team composed of pilots, designers, training centers representatives, safety specialists, and various experts from the design office.

• Analyze the needs and factors influencing human performance, develop recommendations to be taken into account in the design of flying fleets or future products and lead the Human Factors evaluations

• Carry out projects with partners and universities in order to develop scientific knowledge with the aim of continuously improving aviation safety.

• Represent Airbus in international working groups dealing with regulation evolution or Safety Enhancement initiatives.

Your boarding pass:

• Master Degree or Phd in applied UX Human Factors field, with specific knowledge of human behavior (perception, understanding, problem solving ) & characteristics (impact of fatigue, stress, workload, Situation Awareness, experience, competence, motivation, personality ...) and HF methods applied to complex system design

• Knowledge of aircraft systems and flight operations

• Knowledge of HF related certification regulations applied to large commercial aircraft

• Large experience in aeronautical fields such as airline, aircraft manufacturer or aeronautical authorities and/or pilot license are a significant plus.

• Negotiation level of English.

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Operations SAS

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Classe Emploi (France): Classe F12

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Qualification & Operability

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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.