Human Factors Integration - An interview with Trevor Dobbins

Trevor Dobbins is the Human Factors Integration (HFI) Engineering Lead for RBSL where the Team is responsible for the HFI aspects of current and future military vehicle development, and Human Machine Teaming of Robotic & Autonomous Systems (RAS). He initially qualified as a Mechanical Engineering Technician subsequently gaining BSc in Sports Science and a PhD in human performance. He worked as a sports scientist with the British Olympic Cycling team prior to joining the UK MOD Defence & Evaluation Research Agency (nee QinetiQ) Centre for Human Sciences, and went on to work directly for UKSF as a Human Sciences Advisor. Before joining RBSL he focused on the HFI aspects of high speed craft operations and was the principal author of the award winning MOD High Speed Craft Human Factors Engineering Design Guide. He currently supports the NATO Technical Working Group on Human Impact Exposure on-board High Speed Boats (HFM-ET-183) as well as the RNLI and Maritime Accident Investigation Branch.