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Cognitive and Human Factors Engineer - Department of Defense
Barbaricum, United States
Experience
1 Year
Salary
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Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Mar 13, 2021
Last Date
Apr 13, 2021
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Job Description
Barbaricum supports government clients with Integrated Communications, Mission Support, and Cyber Security/Intelligence. Our passion is innovation and we are committed to client value and effective technical solutions. We are an ISO 9001:2015-certified and CMMI Level 3 appraised, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) located in Washington, DC. Our mission is to transform the ways the U.S. Government approaches problem sets of increasing complexity by delivering innovative solutions, particularly in support of National Security missions.Barbaricum is one of the fastest-growing companies in our market. The company is routinely recognized by institutions like Inc. Magazine, GovCon, AMEC, PRSA, and SmartCEO for corporate growth, capabilities, and award-winning client work. Our team is dynamic and agile, providing global support to current missions across five continents. We are also focused on developing and maintaining our vibrant corporate culture, having been recently named one of the best places to work by Inc. Magazine.Barbaricum is seeking an experienced Cognitive and Human Factors Engineer to provide support to the DoD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), which is focused on on the direction, synchronization and modernization of Artificial Intelligence across the DoD enterprise. This individual will provide subject matter expertise to support to the following: Development of strategies to reduce technology and non-technology barriers to AI adoption; Ensuring relevant missions are operating consistently to identify and exploit modernization opportunities; Coordination of information flow across the Directorate and with other relevant Directorates; Management of taskers and monitoring of performance measures; Elucidation of use cases for AI; and delivering sustainable, useful, reliable AI products.Responsibilities - Analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, and programming techniques and controls.
- Incorporates human factors, human systems, and cognitive engineering elements into current and future product delivery programs.
- Applies the principles, methods and techniques of user-based design with an in-depth knowledge of complex computer-based systems to support capabilities that include development of artificial intelligence solutions.
- Defines problems, and develops and coordinates study/project plans.
- Determines sources of data and /or sample sizes: compiles, organizes, and analyzes data: and recommends alternate courses of action to senior leaders.
- Follows a cognitive engineering process as required by international and national regulatory bodies and design and conduct appropriate evaluations to validate new AI technology and changes to currently fielded software and systems.
- Applies expertise in knowledge elicitation, systems engineering, user interface design, human subjects testing, training programs, and procedures in support of developing new interface systems and methodologies.
- Designs and prototypes specific AI or ML solutions. Understands user needs, behaviors, and motivations. Through empathizing with the user, the analyst can inform design decisions and advocate for the user.
- Utilizes mathematical and statistical techniques, elements of cognitive engineering, systems engineering principles, and innovative approaches to develop new solutions to previously highlighted and or new problems or problems, which may be totally lacking in precedent.
- Documents use cases, work models, benchmarks and system and user interface mockups to orient product delivery.
- Decisions and recommendations deal with issues that are not susceptible to treatment by acceptable methods and have a critical impact on the Missions Directorate, the component, and end users.
- Demonstrates creativity and foresight by identifying, preparing, and presenting detailed technical reports and briefings on new concepts and technical directions impacting programs/projects, and defining future technology requirements.
- Collaborates with equipment designers and/or software engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of artificial intelligence applications to support the breadth of warfighting and support functions of the military.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary product teams to deploy machine learning algorithms to prototype testing and production.
- Captures detailed observations and user feedback analyses and user evaluations on electro mechanical, disposables and graphic user interface-type user interfaces.
- Prioritizes user feedback, and assist the team in driving usability findings.
- Understands user centered design and human factors principles and develop, retrieve and communicate suitable data to support design
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