The Human Factors Specialist will drive and manage human factors evaluations and analyses to demonstrate safe and efficient supervision of multiple eVTOL aircraft by a single human. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to inform system design and support certification activities for Wisk's Gen 6 aircraft and ground control station.

Responsibilities

You will collaborate with various teams to understand what tasks are allocated to the human operator and why.
You will develop and own Wisk’s task analysis and leverage it to inform UI design decisions and study plans.
You will help develop a strategy for identifying most challenging scenarios, from an HF standpoint, for evaluation and testing purposes.
You will plan and lead human factors evaluations from definition of goals and research questions through data analysis and recommendations to changes in system requirements.
You will support all certification activities for Wisk’s Gen 6 aircraft and ground control station.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Human Factors, Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, or equivalent; PhD Preferred.
8 years of relevant work experience.
Knowledge of cognitive ergonomics: cognition, perception and decision making.
Experience in measuring workload and human performance using both subjective scales and physiological data.
Experience in assessing new UI design concepts in an iterative manner.
Knowledge of aerospace, including aircraft systems, flight operations, and regulatory environment.
Experience in designing qualitative and quantitative experiments.
Experience preparing data sets for statistical analysis using tools such as SPSS, Stata, etc.
Knowledge of UI design standards for aerospace applications.

Benefits

Wisk HQ is located in Mountain View just a couple of hundred feet from Shoreline Lake and its surrounding walking/jogging trails. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 9 off Fridays for full-time employees throughout the year, flexible vacation time off, 11 company holidays, a 401(k) plan with 50% company matching vested immediately, commuter assistance, and education assistance. And on top of all that, we also offer a variety of perks such as free catered lunches, flight lessons, wellness allowances, snacks, drinks, employee referral bonus, charitable giving match, patent bonus program, and more.