Human Factors Engineer

Human Factors Engineer Provide program and research support to Social Science initiatives that address national security challenges, including organizational use of technologies to meet those challenges.


Be part of a team solving some of the nation’s most pressing problems, working for and with renowned experts in your field, participating in an environment that requires you to be highly adaptable to change, and willing to make lifelong learning a regular part of your work. This is the environment at MITRE, a not-for-profit systems engineering firm working in partnership with the U.S. government, where employees find creative solutions to complex situations and address issues of critical national importanceJob Requirements


· Minimum education: BS or equivalent and 1 year experience or MS or equivalent.


· Preferred education: Masters degree or higher in a social science discipline (e.g., anthropology, sociology, sociolinguistics, medical anthropology, cultural communication studies, cultural geography, science and technology studies).

· Minimum of five years of experience in social science program support or research in the Intelligence Community and/or other government organizations that address national security.

· Work experience in either (a) organizations involving organizational analyses, work design and business process analyses, market analyses, labor-management relations, safety and reliability analyses, operations research, or change and transformation; or (b) qualitative field research in diverse socio-cultural environments.

· Experience with cultural analysis, ethnography, semiotics, and other qualitative methods and areas of inquiry.

· Experience with complex information systems and information sharing issues a plus.


· Experience analyzing and measuring the beliefs, values, attitudes, behavior, artifacts, processes, and systems of cultures, social groups, and organizations.


· Demonstrated theoretical and practical knowledge of key areas of qualitative and quantitative social science research.


· Experience designing, developing, and managing projects or work programs in direct support of government organizations.


· Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to deal with ambiguous situations on a consistent basis.


· Advanced writing, verbal, and presentation skills for addressing audiences of specialists and non-specialists.


· For this position MITRE will consider only applicants with a security clearance or applicants who are eligible for a security clearance and meet eligibility requirements; only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance.