BENGALURU · FULLTIME
Associate Director - Human Factors Engineering (RAIL)
AECOM
Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 2d ago
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About this role
Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
- Lead the planning, execution, and integration of Human Factors activities across the full system lifecycle, from concept through to operation and maintenance. Establish HF design philosophies and strategies aligned with project and regulatory requirements. Act as technical lead on key rail and infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with HF integration strategies and applicable standards (e.g. EN 50126, ISO 9241, RIS-7100, RSSB guidance).
- Experience producing Human Factors Integration Plans, Human Factors Issue Logs and Human Factors Assessment Report and experience of conducting assessments such as Hierarchal Task Analysis. Execute HF design development activities, including design reviews, mock-ups, simulators, and structured user feedback studies.
- Lead certification planning and develop compliance strategies for HF-related system elements. Provide expert input into RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety) assurance activities.
- Translate regulatory and system requirements into clear, verifiable HF design and usability criteria. Conduct and review task analyses, HMI design assessments, usability testing, cognitive workload studies, and error management strategies.
- Develop, review, and approve certification-related documentation (e.g., Issue Papers, Equivalent Levels of Safety, Test Plans, Design Reports). Oversee planning and execution of HF-related test campaigns, including fabrication, witnessing, and compliance evidence.
- Interface with certification bodies and regulatory stakeholders to demonstrate compliance and resolve design queries. Drive human-centred design within multidisciplinary teams, ensuring HF is embedded in technical decisions and design trade-offs.
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications and Experience
- Master's degree (MSc) in Human Factors, Ergonomics, or a closely related discipline
- A minimum of 12+ years' professional experience in Human Factors, including at least 5 years in the rail or other regulated, safety-critical environments
- Significant experience applying Human Factors principles to UK and international rail programmes, with expert understanding of relevant standards (e.g., EN 50126, RIS-7100, RSSB guidance)
- Proven technical leadership in the delivery of HF activities, including HMI design, task and workload analysis, error management, human-system integration, and user-centred design
- Strong capability in interpreting and developing engineering specifications and HF compliance documentation
- UK Rail experience
Additional Information
At AECOM, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity
Our Freedom to Grow hybrid working philosophy is the cornerstone of our success as a business - supporting a culture of flexibility, trust and performance at AECOM.
At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.
To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
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Skills
Technical Leadershiptechnical leadsystem integrationErgonomicsconstructioncognitiveEmbedded SystemsHmi DesignUsability TestingRisHuman Factors EngineeringOnboardingFabricationmaintenancecomplianceInfrastructure Projects
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