Human Factors

Entreprise : Airbus Helicopters SAS
- Localisation : Marseille - France - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Fonction : Human Factors & Cockpit Crew Interface Specialist M/F
- Type de contrat : Contrat à durée indéterminée (CDI)
- Date de publication : 20-01-2023

**Description du poste**:
**Description de l'emploi**:
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.

**Profil recherché**:
**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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- Expérience requise : Plus de 10 ans d'expérience
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- Référence : JR10169954
- Secteur d'activité : Industrialisation, Production