Human Factors Scientist (Ph.D.)

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Job description

About Exponent:
is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients' most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges.

We are committed to engaging multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.

Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you'll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team!

Key statistics:

950+ Consultants

640+ Ph.D.s

90+ Disciplines

30+ Offices globally

Our Opportunity:
We are currently seeking a Human Factors Scientist for our Practice in Philadelphia, PA. In this role, you will work as part of a team to analyze human performance related to a wide variety of scenarios involving automobiles, occupational work, and consumer products. Activities in these contexts will focus on a combination of analyzing accidents and injuries that have occurred in the past and managing safety risk to help prevent such incidents in the future.

You will be responsible for:
Managing a range of consulting activities that involve usability testing, study and survey design, human factors in accidents and their prevention, including limitations of human perceptual, cognitive, and response capabilities

Developing client contacts

Working on multi-disciplinary projects, providing case management, data processing, and other project support

Conducting research to obtain and review technical data, scientific literature, and standards

Participating in the design and evaluation of warnings and safety information

Providing project management for multiple projects at a given time, including managing budgets and deadlines; managing project teams; and performing support tasks for team members

Communicating complex analyses clearly and succinctly to a non-technical audience

You will have the following skills and qualifications:
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Vision Science, Developmental, Experimental, Industrial, or Cognitive Psychology, or a related psychology discipline

Currently based in or are willing to relocate to the Philadelphia area

Strong record demonstrating your ability to design behavioral studies using a variety of human subjects and database research methods (e.g., survey, experimental, quasi-experimental, case study)

Experience leading multiple scientific studies from start (i.e., design) to finish (i.e., communicating your results)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as strong interpersonal skills

Assertive, self-starter, and able to work with accuracy under pressure and/or deadlines

Proficiency in statistics and computer programming (specifically SPSS, Matlab, Python, or R)

Applicants are encouraged to submit a RESUME with publications (feel free to include publications that are in review or pending) not restricted to 1 page .

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Attracting, inspiring, developing, and rewarding exceptional people with diverse backgrounds and expertise are central to our corporate culture. Our diverse team allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.

Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well-being. We believe that providing competitive benefits as well as compensation and recognition programs empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.

Work Environment:
At Exponent, we have found that in-person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development, for realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams, and for building a more inclusive workplace where all have a sense of belonging. In our offices, you can expect a supportive culture and a collaborative, dynamic, multi-disciplinary work environment. Our consultants engage in-person in the office unless they are traveling for client work or other business activities.

We value the rich lives our colleagues enjoy outside of work and understand that work/life balance is critical to our employees and their well-being. Consultants have the autonomy to balance their work and personal schedules so you can meet with clients, visit inspection sites, attend conferences, and make time for priorities outside of work, too. It is this flexible, agile work style and working hours that allow our teams to drive innovation and results in their own ways, while meeting the needs of clients.

Benefits you will enjoy:
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Exponent is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at .

Job Locations:
US-PA-Philadelphia

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