Position Title: Engineer - Human Systems Integration II

Location: San Diego, CA

Salary: $100k - $120k

Status: Full-time

Clearance: Secret

Required Certification(s): n/a

About Us: RTL Networks, Inc. is a rapidly growing company primarily focused on providing information technology (IT) support services and personnel to a variety of commercial and government customers for long term contracts. By providing a wide array of professional services and products, we help our customers leverage technology and operate with total confidence in the predictability, security, and reliability of their technology resources to meet business objectives.

Summary:

RTL Networks is in need of a Mid-level Engineer, Human System Integration (Engineer, Human Systems Integration II) to support an upcoming effort at NAVWAR HQ in downtown San Diego. Human Systems Integration (HSI) Engineers integrate human considerations into the engineering of systems. HSI Engineers deal with the application of information on physical and psychological characteristics to the design of devices and systems for human use, with the objective to reduce total ownership cost while optimizing total mission performance. The ideal candidate will have existing experience with US Navy or other DoD environments and applications.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess, design, and implement human-centered solutions across various projects.
• HSI Engineers are required to conduct integrated and comprehensive analysis, design and assessment of requirements, concepts, and resources across seven domains of manpower, personnel training, human factors engineering, habitability, survivability, and environment, occupational health and safety.
• Apply your knowledge of human factors engineering to enhance the usability, safety, and effectiveness of complex systems.
• Utilize your experience to analyze network and computing events to identify and document malicious or unauthorized activity.
• Conduct initial, formal incident reporting and document technical details using established guidelines.
• Use appropriate techniques to scope, contain, and eradicate incidents based on established processes.
• Support the transition of network defense configurations to prevent future occurrences.
• Ensure the continuity of services as tools, data sources, and techniques evolve with the technical computing environment.
• Mentor and guide junior team members in human systems integration principles.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, mathematics, or physics. (ME/EE/IE/CSE or other ABET recognized engineering curriculum is preferred.)
• DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Four (4) years of recent, relevant experience in Government related R&D, T&E, and systems acquisition programs.
• Significant experience in U.S. Navy/DoD programs or operations is highly preferred.
• Four (4) years of relevant HSI engineering experience in at least 2 of the following areas:
• Comparative multi-domain HSI engineering analysis, impact assessments, trade-off studies of complex systems.
• HSI design, installation, integration, and test support either in a laboratory or direct applications.
• Design documentation/specification development.
• HSI test planning and test procedures development, test conduct, analysis, and reporting.
• HSI-related engineering requirements, performance and risk analysis.
• Applying engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, implement, test or evaluate systems.
• Conducting Task Analyses (e.g., Mission Task Analysis, Top-Down Functional Analysis, Critical Task Analysis).
• Design, installation, integration, and test support either in a laboratory or operational systems.
• Understand Naval operations from unit level through operational staff and headquarters planning.

Preferred Qualifications:

Relevant experience in at least 2 of the following areas:

• User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) design.
• Human-computer interaction.
• Cognitive workload assessment.
• Usability testing and evaluation.
• Ergonomic design and assessment.
• Human-centered design principles.

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must currently hold a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for clearance at this location.

NOTE:

• The applicant selected for this position must have a current security clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Chosen applicants will be required to pass pre-employment drug screening and a criminal background check.
• Copies of certifications are required.

RTL Networks, Inc., is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer making decisions without regard to, age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law.