Sr. Human Factors Engineer (NPW)

Sr. Human Factors Engineer (NPW)

Human Factors Engineer - Information Architect/Interaction Designer (NPW)

Are you looking for a fast moving, creative environment where you can use your expertise to develop and market cutting-edge interactive and digital products?

AT&T Interactive , a subsidiary of AT&T Inc, is an industry leader in creating local search products that encourage consumers to discover and engage with local businesses across three screens - online, mobile, and TV. attracts over 36 million monthly online unique visitors . is also accessed by millions of users each month via the mobile web. AT&T Interactive consumer apps have a pre-activation presence or have been downloaded through digital app stores on over 40 million mobile phones.

Helping advertisers grow their business, AT&T Interactive's local ad network, one of the industry's most robust, distributes ads to a distinguished list of top publishers whose presence spans online, mobile and TV platforms. AT&T Interactive's wide range of local ad products such as premium listings, performance-based advertising, and search engine marketing provides advertisers an opportunity to reach consumers who are looking for a local business.

AT&T Interactive products are supported by more than 5,000 media consultants from AT&T Advertising Solutions.

Join our dedicated and talented team of individuals all focused on creating the best products in the marketplace. We currently have an opportunity for an experienced temporary Human Factors Engineer (NPW) in our Glendale or Sunnyvale, CA offices.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work as a chief user advocate on each project team responsible for promoting user needs while integrating recommendations of the project team and translating business and user requirements into a workable, efficient solution.
• Work within the Consumer Products group to plan, develop, and perform user research and usability activities (including heuristic evaluations, usability testing and other testing methods) across consumer products,
• Responsible for researching, designing, and documenting user interfaces and features
• Production and maintenance of Information Architecture and User Experience deliverables such as wireframes, personas, site maps, task flows, etc.
• Responsible for innovative information organization structures, interaction designs, page-level content organization, and navigation
• Work within a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders, project managers, engineers, and designers to refine and transform user needs into usable user interfaces.
• Reports to Director, Consumer User Experience

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Human Factors, HCI, Cognitive Psychology or related discipline.
• Interest in user research/usability testing methodologies and user-centered design
• Experience with planning and execution of usability testing strategies
• 3-4 years experience in information architecture/user interface design and relevant application (Visio, Illustrator, etc.) and design process expertise
• Expertise in information architecture deliverables including wireframes and site maps
• Knowledge of general user interface design guidelines, usability engineering methods
• Excellent collaborative, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent multi tasking skills

Education Requirement:

• Master's Degree in Human Factors, HCI or related discipline preferred, although those with comparable work experience considered.

Source: AT&T Interactive internal data, 2010 YTD average through July

source: AT&T Mobility and AT&T Interactive internal data



Company Description:

The largest communications company in the United States. And the world. We are the industry leaders in providing wireless service, high speed internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services across the US. We are also developing our business to include next-generation television services with our new AT&T U-VerseSM TV. 

Join our incredibly diverse company of more than 250,000 people and help drive the innovation that keeps AT&T at the leading edge of technology and service. Expect big things from the company that created the communications industry.