Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution is a german government initiative to introduce modern information technologies to the manufacturing Industry. Industry 4.0 promises faster and more efficient ways of manufacturing of very customized products in smaller batch sizes that could even be pushed to a single product. A major part of this paradigm shift is powered by the human intellect and flexibility that work in tandem with sophisticated technology like autonomous robots to achieve phenomenal output. This partnership is possible only when the human user has an understanding of the system and is able to be in control of it regardless of the size and complexity of the system. Recent industry 4.0 advancements are focused at prototyping novel technologies and the early prototypes are not known for their user friendliness. There is an evident lack of tool that is designed to provide all the functional benefits of the technologies in a package that is user friendly. The tool must provide for the substantial diversity in the varying functions within manufacturing and also for the need of personalization of the individual users. This research is a pursuit for designing this support solution, akin to a smart cockpit for the workers in manufacturing processes. The design solution in this research project was developed conforming to the ergonomics of humancomputer interaction (ISO 9241-211 2010). The context of use was developed with a discussion on the state of art of human computer interfaces in industry 4.0 and especially smart cockpits in industry 4.0 as described in the literature. The research also documents the inferences from site visits and interviews that were carried out at manufacturing companies with Industry 4.0 pilot projects. The business and user needs of the solution were amalgamated to prototype the design of a smart cockpit for the manufacturing processes. The design solution was evaluated with different stakeholders and iterated each time depending on the results of the evaluation. The evaluation results are mostly qualitative in nature and focus on the goals and motivations of the users while interacting with the prototype. The results of each evaluations and the insights from the same are also discussed in detail. The prototype is largely a proof of concept that validates the structure and functionality designed to serve for the investigated user needs. The overall results of the evaluation were mostly positive about the ease of use but not without its share of challenges in deployment and traditional weaknesses like transition costs. The research project is a good read if one plans to investigate the fundamental basics of the system that dictates the design of the smart cockpit. The project is very nascent at the moment and also scoped to cover only the very beginning of the design process of the smart cockpit. Some or most of the results can be less specific in nature due to ambiguity of the current scenario. Therefore it might not do justice to a reader looking for finished or developed design solutions with quantitative data on their evaluation.