The KOHL Group Job Description KR022706_HFE Boise ID Arrangement:  long-term contract position; full time position; must work on client's site in Boise. Location:  Boise, ID Title:  Usability Specialist (or Junior Human Factors Engineer) Target Salary Range:  $45,000 to $55,000 (depending on experience and academic achievement) Job Description:  Focus will be on end-to-end usability testing under the guidance of one of our Senior Human Factors Engineers (user research, screener development, scenarios and questionnaire development, moderating tests and gathering data, analyzing data, preparing draft and final reports) and maintenance of corporate usability requirements archives.  Products/applications include office equipment systems such as printers, fax, copiers, and scanners, and associated web-based customer support applications. Usability Specialist     a.. Work with HFE's and other project team members as needed to coordinate test activities     b.. Interact with recruiting vendor to ensure that appropriate participants are recruited for scheduled test sessions;     c.. Create or compile test materials as needed, e.g., book to copy, web page to print     d.. Use testing and communication tools such as OCS (Observational Coding System), Excel, PowerPoint, Word     e.. Conduct test sessions and analyze subjective and objective data     f.. Write test report and compile preliminary results and conduct issues meetings after tests; distribute and archive the final report Requirements:  1 - 2 years experience outside of academia; strong communication skills (oral and written), advanced degree (or equivalent experience) in Psychology or a related discipline, or a discipline that includes some background in basic research methods and statistics; ideally someone with "human" research experience; technical experience, particularly with printers or computer peripherals of some sort, is desired (and helpful) but not required. If you are interested, please email your resume at your earliest convenience to: aboschetti@kohlgroup.com with a brief note mapping your experiences to the specific requirements of this job description.