Boeing Research & Technology Graduate Researcher – Human Factors Engineering

Boeing Research & Technology Graduate Researcher – Human Factors Engineering

Company:

The Boeing Company

Job ID:

00000397582

Date Posted:

2023-11-01

Location:

USA - North Charleston, SC

Job Description Qualifications:

At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.

Join our exclusive Graduate Researcher Program (GRP) in Boeing Research & Technology during the summer of 2024 and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world. The intent of the Boeing Graduate Researcher program is to invite participants back for repeated work experience opportunities and offer a full-time position post PhD graduation.

Boeing Research & Technology is Boeing's global research and development team creating and implementing innovative technologies that make the impossible possible and enabling the future of aerospace. We are engineers, skilled scientists and thinkers, bold innovators and dreamers. 

You will work with other Boeing engineers in a mentoring and collaborative mode in order to address research and development challenges. You are expected to have the ability to analyze and develop solutions to complex problems, have good team collaboration and excellent communication skills.

Over the course of the 10-12 week summer program you will have the opportunity to:

• Work directly with a mentor in your field of study while finding solutions to real world challenges
• Experience our products up close by touring our state-of-the-art manufacturing and research facilities
• Interact directly with our company leaders to discuss strategy and the future of Boeing
• Build a lasting professional network through social events and engaging activities
• Gain the skills and knowledge to become a future leader in the aerospace industry

We are looking for a PhD candidate in Human Factors, Systems Engineering, Psychology, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering or related fields with the ability to apply principles of human capabilities and constraints (e.g. physiology, cognition, perception, and anthropometry) and knowledge of the users and their environments to assist in the development, test and evaluation of safe and effective user interfaces. 

The successful candidate will utilize human engineering tools and methods (e.g. task and workload analysis, digital human modeling, simulation and prototyping, usability evaluation, statistical and human error analysis) to assist in the development, test and evaluation of safe and effective user interfaces and products.  This role will also apply knowledge of the human engineering design process, its elements, and its relationship to the product lifecycle to effectively analyze product design.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required.  “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.  

Basic Qualifications for all positions (Required Skill/Experience):  

• Currently enrolled at an accredited college or university pursuing a Doctorate degree in Human Factors, Systems Engineering, Psychology, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering or a related field of study
• The ability to work a minimum of 10 weeks (12 weeks preferred) during the summer of 2024
• Completed first year of PhD studies by July 2024

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Cognitive Workload Analysis, Task Analysis Development, Situational Awareness Modeling
• Experience collecting and analyzing physiological/biometric data
• Data Analysis Experience
• Programing Skills (Python, Pearl, C++, etc…) desired but not required

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Shift: 

This position is for 1st shift

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to en