Engineering Psychologist

**Duties**:
Incumbent applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge applicable to human factors, as well as an understanding of aerospace engineering, new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and develop improved technical processes or systems. Assignments require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Typical assignments may include but is not limited to: Planning, development, review, and execution of ground and flight evaluations conducted during certification programs. Analyzes and evaluates technical data submitted by applicants to show compliance for the design and flight testing of aircraft, aircraft systems, propulsion, human factor evaluation, and flight crew interfaces. Participates in the evaluation, standardization, and approval of flight display symbology, color philosophy, flight deck design, and pilot-vehicle interface for type certification programs while balancing standardization needs with existing certification practices, project schedules, pilot training, and operational issues. Accomplish large work activities within established schedules.
Contacts are internal and external. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports for final approval prior to external distribution. Works with appropriate Standards Staff personnel, Flight Test Pilots, ACO Branch aerospace engineers, and Aircraft Evaluation Group (AEG) personnel to evaluate HF related requirements for flight decks and flight deck displays. This includes coordinating and participating in formal team evaluations for new and novel display formats and technologies when necessary. When requested, participates in strategic initiatives to standardize Human Factors evaluation procedures and requirements within the FAA through policy and regulation development, and through industry panels, consensus groups, and technical committees including working with the Human Factors (HF) Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor to accomplish AVS HF related strategic goals.
Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally. Supports the FAA as required in industry forums, meeting and conferences where HF related issues are discussed or presented.
Model's leadership behavior through accountability, goal setting, collaborating, utilizing strategic thinking and influencing others to do the same. Provides guidance to lower-level staff on how to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Works with management to solve problems.
Work is reviewed rarely, typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project/program and work activity. Work activities impact directly on the objectives of more major subdivisions, LOB's/SO's and may impact on the objectives of the FAA.
Incumbent, as a crew member, may be assigned as a member of a flight test team and will be required to participate in flight tests on experimental aircraft. As a crew member, incumbent is required to maintain currency in the tasks assigned in the Flight Test Operations Manual (FTOM). The incumbent is required to obtain and maintain at minimum a third class medical. Subject to drug testing in a Testing-Designated Safety Critical position.
**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:
- US Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
- This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
- Selectee must maintain a FAA Medical Certificate.
- If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.
**Qualifications**:
**Specialized Experience for J-Band**: All applicants must demonstrate one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-I or FG/GS-13 level. Specialized experience is experience which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or directly related to work of the position to be filled. **SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes**:
- The design and certification of advanced flight deck designs and flight display systems in FAR 23/25/27/29 aircraft, FAR 23/25/27/29 Human Factors regulations and policy (or military equivalent airworthiness requirements);
- Flight testing experience as test conductor during experimental, developmental, or certification testing of