Specialist, Software Engineer - Verification and Validation

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for DO-178C software verification and validation activities for Surveillance development projects, including test planning, procedure development, execution, and results documentation; coordinates with US based Acron software engineers as required
• Partner with Software Development Leads, Systems Engineering, and Project Leads to define verification strategies, manage test dependencies, and meet program verification milestones
• Plan, develop, and execute Software Verification Cases and Procedures (SVCPs) in accordance with DO-178C DAL-appropriate objectives, ensuring requirements-based test coverage and traceability to software requirements
• Track and communicate software verification status, open Problem Reports (PRs), and structural coverage metrics (e.g., decision, statement coverage) to project stakeholders
• Author and peer-review Software Verification Results (SVRs), Problem Report dispositions, test reports, and associated DO-178C lifecycle data artifacts
• Perform structural coverage analysis and requirements-based test traceability to satisfy DAL-appropriate DO-178C objectives; identify, document, and disposition coverage gaps through additional tests or analyses
• Support DER/ACO coordination activities and contribute to Software Accomplishment Summary (SAS), Software Configuration Index (SCI), and other certification artifacts required for FAA/EASA approval

Required Qualifications

• BS Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent fields required
• 4+ years of hands-on experience executing DO-178B/C software verification activities in a safety-critical avionics or aerospace environment
• Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, and executing requirements-based software test cases and procedures
• Practical knowledge of DO-178C software verification objectives, software plans, and lifecycle data (e.g., SVCP, SVR, SAS, SCI)
• Direct experience with DO-178B/C software verification activities is REQUIRED (not solely development experience)
• Experience developing with C programming language is required
• Knowledge of engineering design standards for commercial aviation industry
• Good written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and team-working skills required
• Action oriented, results driven, high energy, self-starter, innovative with new approaches to design work, influential with peers and demonstrate critical thinking skills to drive to root cause

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience with Real Time Operating Systems such as Green Hills, VxWorks or CentOS
• Experience with C++, Python, Visual Basic, Pascal
• Linux
• Experience with Configuration Management and Change Control Tools (such as Git, Bitbucket, ClearCase, Subversion, ClearQuest)
• Experience with Requirement Management tools such as DOORS
• Experience with Agile software development lifecycle
• Experience with emerging AI tools, including prompt engineering and introducing these concepts into existing rigorous safety critical software development environments
• Experience with DevOps concepts and implementations, especially with Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing aspects
• Experience with Jenkins is a plus
• Experience with software test automation tools such as VectorCAST, LDRA Testbed, Cantata, or equivalent structural coverage analysis tools
• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) or Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) test environments for embedded avionics software
• Familiarity with DO-178C Annex A objectives (Tables A-7 through A-9) and software verification independence requirements
• Experience performing and interpreting structural coverage analysis results
• Experience with test traceability tools linking software requirements to test cases and results (e.g., DOORS, Polarion, Jama)
• Familiarity with formal software test review and approval processes in a DO-178C certification context