About Position:
Employment position: Full-time with benefits offered
Salary: $70,000 - $100,000, dependent on qualifications and experience.
Security Clearance: Secret or higher required
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2025
Closing Date: When filled. Anticipated start date negotiable, November-December 2025.
Location: Remote. Required travel: 40-50% (including international travel)
Relocation: Assistance is not available.
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Position Description:
Cognitive Performance Group (CPG) is seeking a full-time professional to join our team as an applied human factors scientist specializing in human-computer interaction (HCI) and/or user experience and interface (UX/UI) analyses and designs.
CPG’s mission is to apply science to improve and support decision-making and complex cognitive performance for individuals and teams. We do that by conducting studies and co-developing products that model, measure, train, and support decision-making and cognitive performance in complex, time-pressured, high-risk, uncertain, and dynamic operating environments. We specialize in military contexts and we solve novel problems for Warfighters with our cutting-edge techniques and scientific rigor. We are a dedicated, inter-disciplinary team of applied researchers, trainers, technologists, veterans, and military subject-matter experts who work closely and collaboratively with our partners, clients, stakeholders, and the end users we serve.
The individual selected for this position will work on an inter-disciplinary team performing applied research on and evaluations of human-machine team (HMT) performance, human computer interaction, and user experience with systems and interfaces, primarily in military force-on-force or other training and exercise events.
The ideal candidate for this position is a flexible problem-solver with 10+ years of experience conducting field-based research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) on HMTs in military or in similarly complex, dynamic settings. We will consider candidates with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience. A proven record of advocating for end users’ requirements is a must.
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Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and refine quantitative and qualitative metrics to measure HMT test objective(s).
• Develop and refine mixed methods collection tools and processes as the complexity and scale of the testing events increases.
• Develop and refine mixed methods visualizations of HMT performance.
• (Re-)design or (re-)organize the testing environment with stakeholders for each event.
• Collect HMT performance data through observations, surveys, interviews, focus groups, and other methods.
• Write test plans, daily reports, and final reports as well as support after action reviews with stakeholders at events.
• Develop and refine mixed methods collection tools and processes as the complexity and scale of the testing events increases.
• Develop and refine mixed methods visualizations of HMT performance.
• (Re-)design or (re-)organize the testing environment with stakeholders for each event.
• Collect HMT performance data through observations, surveys, interviews, focus groups, and other methods.
• Write test plans, daily reports, and final reports as well as support after action reviews with stakeholders at events.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Ability to develop rapport and trust with Warfighters and other stakeholders.
• Experience adapting industry standard HCI and/or UX/UI methods and tools.
• Ability to contribute to products and concepts in a fast-paced, high-performing team.
• Ability to work long hours in the field over many consecutive days.
• Experience or willingness to lead small teams
• Experience adapting industry standard HCI and/or UX/UI methods and tools.
• Ability to contribute to products and concepts in a fast-paced, high-performing team.
• Ability to work long hours in the field over many consecutive days.
• Experience or willingness to lead small teams
Desirable Skills and Experience:
• Experience in military settings
• Experience with users teaming with semi-autonomous systems.
• Experience with AI HMTs
• Data visualization
• Experience with users teaming with semi-autonomous systems.
• Experience with AI HMTs
• Data visualization
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Required Qualifications
Education:
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Degree must be from an accredited institution in an applied social science discipline such as Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors Engineering, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Engineering, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Applied Cognition, Cognitive Psychology, or Anthropology. Applicants with degrees in Computer Science or similar with deep training and experience in HCI will also be considered.
• Degree must be from an accredited institution in an applied social science discipline such as Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors Engineering, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Engineering, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Applied Cognition, Cognitive Psychology, or Anthropology. Applicants with degrees in Computer Science or similar with deep training and experience in HCI will also be considered.
Applied Research Experience:
• Ability to use the scientific method to conduct applied research using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and novel concepts in innovative and rapidly changing environments.
• Grasp of current scientific literature in one or more domain related to human cognitive performance, ideally HMT, HCI, or UX/UI with artificial intelligence-enabled or semi-autonomous systems.
• Strong research, analysis, and synthesis skills.
• Exceptional problem-finding and creative problem-solving skills.
• Functional understanding of statistics and data analysis methods and tools.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and novel concepts in innovative and rapidly changing environments.
• Grasp of current scientific literature in one or more domain related to human cognitive performance, ideally HMT, HCI, or UX/UI with artificial intelligence-enabled or semi-autonomous systems.
• Strong research, analysis, and synthesis skills.
• Exceptional problem-finding and creative problem-solving skills.
• Functional understanding of statistics and data analysis methods and tools.
HMT, HCI, or UX/UI Experience:
• Understanding of human-centered design (HCD) principles (e.g., ISO 9241).
• Experience using an HCD approach in all stages of the product development lifecycle, especially formative and summative usability testing.
• Demonstrated experience applying HCD principles to evaluate how humans do and can work with artificial intelligence and/or semi-autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with industry standard HMT, HCI, or UX/UI techniques and tools.
• A proven record of HMT, HCI, or UX/UI evaluation (e.g., task analysis, heuristic evaluations, interface analysis, scenarios and use cases).
• Experience adapting or developing techniques and tools to stakeholder requirements.
• Experience using an HCD approach in all stages of the product development lifecycle, especially formative and summative usability testing.
• Demonstrated experience applying HCD principles to evaluate how humans do and can work with artificial intelligence and/or semi-autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with industry standard HMT, HCI, or UX/UI techniques and tools.
• A proven record of HMT, HCI, or UX/UI evaluation (e.g., task analysis, heuristic evaluations, interface analysis, scenarios and use cases).
• Experience adapting or developing techniques and tools to stakeholder requirements.
Collaboration and Communication:
• Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams made up of researchers, engineers, technologists, subject-matter experts, end users, and other stakeholders on research and product development.
• Ability to work effectively as a team and independently in a virtual environment.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as a team and independently in a virtual environment.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Travel Requirements:
• Must be willing and able to travel up 40-50% of the time, including an occasional weekend, on trips ranging from 5 to 18 days.
• Must be willing and able to travel OCONUS to support projects.
• Must be willing to work 10- to 14-hour days while on travel. Overtime pay is provided. Recovery time following travel days is encouraged.
• Must be willing and able to travel OCONUS to support projects.
• Must be willing to work 10- to 14-hour days while on travel. Overtime pay is provided. Recovery time following travel days is encouraged.
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Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s Degree with 5+ years of experience or Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of experience. • Service in or research experience with the U.S. military.
• Experience with uncrewed or autonomous systems.
• Experience with cognitive task analysis or semi-structured interviews.
• Experience with sociotechnical system analysis.
• Experience with system interaction design.
• Experience generating BPM+ diagrams.
• Experience generating behavioral and structural UML diagrams.
• Experience with uncrewed or autonomous systems.
• Experience with cognitive task analysis or semi-structured interviews.
• Experience with sociotechnical system analysis.
• Experience with system interaction design.
• Experience generating BPM+ diagrams.
• Experience generating behavioral and structural UML diagrams.
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How to Apply
To apply for this position, please email a copy of your resume in PDF format to cpg_hf_2025@cognitiveperformancegroup.com.