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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEER - NCR DUNDEE The NCR Design Centre is looking to recruit a human factors engineer to champion the consumer side of self-service product developments for the global marketplace. The successful applicant will work within the Design, Usability and Accessibility (DU+A) team to contribute to the design and then test and validate the usability and accessibility of NCR's self service product range, following the User Centred Design (UCD) process. Particular focus will be in the areas of walk-up and drive-up self-service terminals primarily from a hardware ergonomics (anthropometric and biomechanical) perspective. Required by the post is an understanding of the design/usability challenges of complex technologies in the public domain for both able-bodied and disabled user groups. The position will typically involve team working with groups such as Industrial Design, Product Management and both Hardware and Software Engineering. The successful applicant will also be expected to support NCR on ATM accessibility standards bodies in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. Applicants should be able to work independently to tight deadlines, and be able to communicate their work to others (written reports and verbal presentations). Initiative and a pragmatic approach to the work are considered essential, as is an ability to quickly understand the technologies and organisational demands associated with the work. A working knowledge of the human modelling tool Mannequin(tm) is desirable. Education and Background The following skills are essential to successfully perform this role: * Defining user/product requirements * User needs analysis * Task Analysis * Knowledge of anthropometric and biomechanical evaluation techniques * Experimental design * Conducting empirical usability evaluations and heuristic/expert reviews * Statistical analysis * Providing design recommendations * Managing external human factors resources where applicable The ideal candidate should be qualified to at least degree level in a relevant ergonomics discipline and with a minimum of 2 years relevant industry experience. How to Apply To apply, please send your CV to Mairi Benson at [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University.