Winter 2027 Co-op - Human Factors Engineering Team

Standard Job Description

This co-op position is to support the Human Factors Engineering (HFE) team within the River Class Destroyer (RCD) Program. The candidate will be joining a multi-disciplined team environment.

The responsibilities would include:

• Support in managing requirements in Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS)
• Planning and managing team tasks in JIRA
• Managing team information in Confluence
• Generating reports and metrics on tasks and deliverables
• Support the Hardware (HW) team in clarifying guidelines and giving recommendations on the design of their equipment
• Support the Software (SW) team in clarifying guidelines and giving recommendations on the design of their Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
• Support the ship integration team in clarifying guidelines and giving recommendations on the layout of the HFE impacted compartments
• Support HFE Workshops with the customer by preparing workshop material, attending workshops and analyzing workshop findings
• Review design documents from vendors
• Support technical reviews and regular team status meetings
• Support engineering planning and reporting status
• Generate meeting minutes for HFE meetings (design meetings, review meetings or team status meeting)
• Support customer interactions while ensuring customer involvement and overall satisfaction.

Basic Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in System Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field
• Working knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Aptitude for solving challenging problems in a team environment
• Must be detail oriented, highly organized and able to manage multiple tasks
• Eligible for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secret clearance in a timely manner
• Candidate must be available for four (4) months, starting January 2027

Desired Skills

• Experience with Jira/Confluence would be an asset
• Experience with HFE Standards (i.e. MIL-STD-1472G) would be an asset
• Experience with HW and/or SW HMI design would be an asset
• Active security clearance would be an asset