Human Factors

A vacancy for a _**_Human Factors & Cockpit Crew Interface Specialist M/F _**_has arisen within Airbus Helicopters in Marignane (France).- You will join a transnational team of around 40 people (based in France & in Germany) within the department in charge of Human Factors and Cockpit Design activities for all civil and military helicopters developed by _**_Airbus Helicopters. _**
- At Airbus Helicopters, we gather in the same department most of the jobs that transversally contribute to the design of the helicopters’ cockpits - both military and civilian - from the understanding of the operational concept of the helicopters, to the physical design of the crew interfaces, from characterization of the Human Factors aspects of the cockpit usage to the modelling of the flight crew’s displays.**_We can split the overall the department activities in 4 main axis as follows: _**
- _understand the environment of the helicopter and its operational use by pilots (customers), _
- _understand how the human brain works (cognitive functions) and its limits when operating a helicopter from the cockpit, _
- _define and design an optimal layout of the cockpit of a helicopter according to, among others, the two previous axes, _
- _break down all the axes above into functional specifications (alerting function, flight monitoring, etc.),...**_This new job opportunity is based in Marignane (France) & Your mission will consist in covering the following activities, H225 platform/proects related: _**
- _Understand and describe the environment of the concerned helicopter and its operational use by the customers’ flight crews, _
- _Ensure the Human Factor Integration of all cockpit functions: consider the cognitive and ergonomics stakes in view of optimizing the safety and the operational performance of the concerned helicopter. _
- _Contribute to the helicopter’s certification &/or qualification with regards to Cockpit Operations aspects.**Tasks & accountabilities
- In addition to the main roles listed above, you will be responsible for the following activities: _
- _Define an optimal flight crew interface in the helicopter according to the Human Factors integration aspects. This includes describing the cockpit arrangement, the control panels, the display concepts, the alerting concept, the lighting concept, etc. _
- _Conduct the evaluations both for design validation and qualification purposes. _
- _Provide substantiation to the qualification requirements relevant to cockpit design organization.- Some business trips are potentially to be expected (three times a year as first estimation) in France/Europe and, therefore, you must be willing to travel accordingly. _

**Required skills:
- You will have the following skills and experience: _
- _Master degree level (or equivalent) in the field of aeronautics or a related discipline _
- _Experience in flight operations _
- _Experience in human factors _
- _Experience in human machine interface _
- _Competence in aeronautics _
- _Competence in cockpit and avionics systems _
- _Competence in human factors and human machine interface- _Soft Skills: teamwork, agility, fluency in communication/presentation, ability to synthesize ideas and escalate them in agreement with the audience_
- _Language skills: French (negotiation level), English (negotiation level ), German notions welcome but not mandatory _

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**Company**:
Airbus Helicopters SAS

**Contract Type**:
Permanent Contract / CDI / Unbefristet / Contrato indefinido

**Experience Level**:
Professional / Expérimenté(e) / Professionell / Profesional

**Job Family**:
Qualification & Operability

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