Summary
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A senior human factors engineering role focused on the design, assessment, and validation of complex safety-critical systems. The position involves autonomous technical work and leadership across major industrial programs, with strong connections to systems engineering, safety, reliability, and human-centered design.
Highlights
Work on complex safety-critical systems across major industrial projects. The role offers senior-level autonomy and leadership in human factors, with exposure to systems engineering, safety, reliability, and large-scale transportation and industrial programs.
Description
Context:
LGM Group, a specialist in the management and engineering of major projects, has, 30 years after its creation, more than 1,500 employees across 5 continents.
With offices in Montreal and Toronto, LGM North America, a subsidiary of LGM Group, positions itself as a true support partner to designers and operators of major industrial systems (rail, aeronautics, naval, energy), providing expertise in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS), Systems Engineering, Integrated Logistics Support, Technical Writing, and Project Management.
Passionate about technical and human challenges, we are involved in numerous major projects, particularly in public transit, that will have a significant impact on sustainable mobility in Canada.
To support our strong growth, we are looking for a Senior Human Factors Engineer, autonomous and capable of supporting the design, assessment, and validation of complex safety-critical systems.
Responsibilities:
Lead Human Factors Engineering and ergonomics activities across the system development lifecycle.Conduct task analysis, workload assessment, human reliability analysis, situation awareness, and operational scenario analysis.Evaluate Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI), operator displays, alarms, controls, workstation and control-room layouts.Support design/assessment of control rooms, command-and-control environments, and operator consoles.Run scenario-based evaluations and human-in-the-loop validation.Identify human-performance risks and define design requirements/mitigations.Contribute to system requirements development, traceability, and verification.Prepare technical reports and controlled engineering deliverables.Participate in design reviews, safety reviews, and customer review cycles.Facilitate multidisciplinary workshops and support resolution of technical/customer comments.Support compliance assessments against Human Factors, ergonomics, and safety standards.
Profile:
Education:
Bachelor's in Engineering, Human Factors, Ergonomics or any related field.
Experience:
5+ years of professional experience in Human Factors Engineering, ergonomics, human-system integration, or a related discipline.Significant experience with complex or safety-critical systems (transportation, aerospace, defence, energy, industrial automation, or similar).Demonstrated experience in several of: human reliability, task analysis, workload assessment, situation awareness, alarm management, control-room ergonomics, HMI evaluation, operational scenario analysis, human-in-the-loop validation.Experience with operator-facing or mission-critical systems (control centres, command-and-control systems, operator displays, monitoring systems, signalling/control applications).Experience preparing formal and controlled engineering documentation.Experience supporting engineering design reviews, safety reviews, and structured customer comment cycles.Ability to work within requirements-management and configuration-controlled environments.Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; able to facilitate multidisciplinary technical workshops with engineering teams, customers, and stakeholders.
Standards & Technical Knowledge:
ISO 6385, ISO 9241, ISO 10075, ISO 11064, MIL-STD-1472, CSA Z412, and sector-specific RAMS/Human Factors standards (rail, aerospace, defence, nuclear are assets).
Tools & Methods (asset):
Requirements-management tools (e.g., IBM DOORS or equivalent).Human Factors analysis tools and structured assessment methods.HMI prototyping or usability evaluation tools.Requirements traceability and verification management tools.
