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THE OPPORTUNITY: Usability/Human Factors Engineer

LOCATION: Fort Meade, MD 20755







Innovative technologies. Superior solutions. Outstanding opportunities.



Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning more than 85 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; C3I (command, control, communications), mission support, mission systems integration, information assurance / information operations, and intelligence systems. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass., and employs 73,000 people worldwide.



At Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS), we transform data into intelligence. As a leading systems and solutions provider of intelligence, security, and advanced information technologies to government customers in the United States and internationally, IIS provides the right knowledge at the right time, enabling our customers to make timely and accurate decisions to achieve mission goals of national significance. IIS employs more then 9,000 people worldwide with major hubs in the Mid Atlantic Region, Aurora, CO, and national Headquarters in Garland, TX, IIS generated $3.1 billion in 2008 sales.



Bring your talent and skills to the following IIS team!



IIS Operational Technologies and Solutions (OTS), provides information management systems and operations support to a variety of government agencies and proprietary customers. As a provider of cutting-edge data management and information dissemination, OTS handles some of the largest databases for the government and intelligence communities. Core capabilities include analytical and field operations support, logistics and deployment, software development, electrical and mechanical engineering, and hardware manufacturing.





This position will be bid on a new contract that employs agile engineering processes to develop analytic solutions based on integration of Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS), Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), Free Open Source Software, Government Furnished (GFE) hardware and software, and newly developed software. We will be re-hosting existing analytic capabilities in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). As part of the contract, Raytheon will do requirement development and the software/system design, implementation, testing, and deployment of new analytic capabilities, tools, and plug-ins. The position will be located at Ft. Meade MD or the National Business Park (NBP) complex in Annapolis Junction, MD.







Contingent upon award with a start date of April 2010



Required:



* Five years experience in this or related field and have familiarity with task analyses, user interface design, and usability testing.



* Experience in each of the usability and software engineering cycle phases (analysis, design, implementation, and deployment).



* Work closely with users (analysts) to research for and document user profiles, analysis tasks, workflows, and user scenarios.



* Work with users to collect and document user performance requirements.



* create user interface design specifications, as required.



* Have experience working closely with product designers and process engineers developing applications.



* Conduct usability testing.



* Eexperience designing and developing user surveys to obtain user feedback.



* Advanced degree, or equivalent experience, in cognitive and/or experimental psychology or human factors engineering is desired and have user-centered design and testing experience.



Desired:



Advanced degree, or six (6) years of experience in cognitive and/or experimental psychology or human factors engineering and have user-centered design and testing experience.











Required Education(including Major): BS/BA Degree or equivalent ework xperience.



Raytheon is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.


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