Human Factors/Ergonomics Engineer in Hennigsdorf bei ALSTOM

Human Factors/Ergonomics Engineer (m/f/d) in Hennigsdorf bei ALSTOM

ALSTOM

Req ID:423428

Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide.

Could you be the full-time Ergonomics Engineer in Hennigsdorf we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Kirstin Toepfer (Domain Lead of Train Design - General Studies) and Denis Miglianico (Head of core competence network Ergonomics and Human Machine Interface), and work alongside passionate, motivated and dedicated teammates across the globe.

You’ll specifically participate in project/offer development through the application of procedures, instructions and guidelines of the human factors (HF)/ergonomics discipline and align with internal (e.g. Advanced and Creative Design, Train Design Engineering, Train System Engineering, Train Architecture) and external stakeholders (e.g. suppliers & customers).

We’ll look to you to be operative on the following activities:

Human factors/ergonomics assessment with Catia V5, Human Builder, Human posture analysis, Human activities analysis in the frame of tenders and projects
Assessment of display interfaces, definition of design rules
Human factors studies: workload and risk identification and assessment
Use of anthropometric data to derive design dimensions
Preparation, analysis and interpretation of Return on Experience (REX),
Research and Development (R&D) under the coordination of the Core Competence Network (CCN)

Also to other activities such as:

To contribute to all Alstom programs & projects facing technical activities in human factors/ergonomics related fields
To be responsible for continuously raising the expertise in the domain of human factors/ergonomics, design of cabin and cars, design of seat and footrest, maintenance of sub-systems etc.,
To be responsible for human factors-related risk analysis and workload evaluations
To contribute to a user-friendly design of passenger accessible areas incl. passenger information (public address, video, etc...)
To contribute to a design with a high degree of usability considering the needs of humans (passengers, staff) in the domain of services (catering and distribution), as well as within sleeper cabinets of night trains
To be responsible for the assessment of controls, indicators and display screens in the drivers cab (including heuristic evaluation methods)
To be accountable for the maintainability and cleanability
To be responsible for platform, pre-projects and projects, simulations for cab visibility, workplace accessibility and reachability.
To be responsible for creating reports to summarize results of human factors activities
To be responsible for providing simulations and test specifications to verify and validate the human factors-related performance level.
To promote the use of and contribute to developing mock-ups for the design of cabins and cars.
To contribute to defining and deploying processes and tools for human factors simulation and assessment
To contribute to the development of engineering instructions, guidelines and document review check lists (DRCL).
To contribute to the development, deployment and promotion of the 3D model library of digital manikins, driver’s desks, seats and footrests etc.
To be responsible for the Quality, Cost and Delivery (QCD) of ergonomics/human factors engineering activities
To contribute to developing relationships with Regions and Platforms to retrieve REX about similar architecture and HF/ergonomics validation of simulated solutions
To contribute to the development of relationships with universities
To contribute to performing active technical watch
To be responsible for reporting on a regular basis on the progress of the different activities
To be responsible for providing support and for continuously developing expertise within ergonomics methodologies, assessments etc.