Human Factors Specialist

About Wisk

Wisk is pioneering the future of urban transportation through safe, fully electric, autonomous flight. Our dedicated team collaborates to create sustainable solutions by addressing unprecedented, complex challenges to make everyday flight accessible to everyone, enabling more efficient and enjoyable travel experiences.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Human Factors Specialist to lead efforts that ensure safe, effective supervision of multiple passenger eVTOL aircraft by a single human operator. This pivotal role involves designing, conducting, and managing human factors evaluations to guide system development and support regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with cross-disciplinary teams to identify assigned operator tasks and their rationales.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive task analyses to inform user interface design and experimental planning.
• Formulate strategies to identify and evaluate challenging human factors scenarios during testing phases.
• Lead human factors studies from goal setting through data interpretation to recommend system requirement updates.
• Contribute to certification efforts for Wisk’s Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft and ground control systems.

Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree in Human Factors, Cognitive Ergonomics, Psychology, or related field; doctoral degree preferred.
• At least 8 years of pertinent industry experience.
• Profound understanding of cognitive ergonomics including perception, decision-making, and cognition.
• Proficiency in measuring workload and human performance through subjective assessments and physiological metrics.
• Experience in iterative evaluation of novel user interface designs.
• Familiarity with aerospace concepts such as aircraft systems, flight operations, and regulatory standards.
• Competent in designing both qualitative and quantitative experiments.
• Experience using statistical software like SPSS or Stata for data preparation and analysis.
• Knowledge of aerospace UI design guidelines and standards.

Compensation and Benefits

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $215,000 to $269,000, with starting pay dependent on location and relevant experience aligned with business needs.

Wisk offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible vacation, nine Fridays off annually, 11 company holidays, a 401(k) plan with 50% company matching vested immediately, commuter support, education assistance, and numerous workplace perks such as catered lunches, flight lessons, wellness allowances, snacks, beverage provisions, employee referral bonuses, charitable donation matching, and a patent bonus program.

Additional Information

This full-time position requires onsite presence at our Mountain View office due to the nature of the work.

Our headquarters is adjacent to Shoreline Lake and surrounding jogging and walking paths, providing a vibrant work environment.

Wisk Aero maintains a strict policy against recruitment agencies submitting unsolicited resumes and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to inclusivity and diversity across all employment conditions.

Wisk Aero participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility.