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Our secure edge computing solutions enable innovation and operational excellence in the world’s most demanding environments, from aerospace and defense to commercial and industrial systems. We partner across industries including automotive, medical, and critical infrastructure to deliver tailored solutions aligned with each customer’s mission and operational requirements. Our key products and services are:\nMOSA.ic: LYNX MOSA.ic™ is a modular software framework and architecture purpose-built for mission-critical edge computing. Based on the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), it provides a flexible foundation for building secure, scalable, and certifiable edge systems.\nLYNX MOSA.ic.AI: LYNX MOSA.ic.AI is a unified CPU and GPU software platform that enables deterministic, certifiable deployment of AI and advanced workloads in mission-critical edge systems. It brings control, performance, and lifecycle governance together, allowing AI to operate predictably within safety-critical environments without compromising certification or system integrity. \nCoreSuite 2.0: CoreSuite 2.0 is Lynx’s safety-critical GPU for graphics enablement framework designed for mission-critical edge computing systems. It provides hardware-accelerated graphics, visualization, and video processing capabilities that can be certified for high-assurance systems.\nServices: Lynx Services is Lynx’s professional services organization that helps customers design, integrate, certify, deploy, and maintain safety- and security-critical systems. It supports industries like aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial computing through consulting, engineering, integration, and lifecycle support, reducing development risk and accelerating certification in standards-driven, mission-critical environment.\n Role Overview\nAs a DO-178/DO-254 Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer at Lynx, you will be responsible for ensuring that our software development processes and deliverables meet DO-178 and DO-254certification standards. You will work closely with software engineers, certification authorities, and project leads to plan, execute, and audit quality activities across the software development lifecycle. You’ll help shape Lynx’s software quality processes, tools, and culture to scale reliably, safely, and efficiently.\nIn addition, you will provide focused support for safety relevant verification activities, including tracing safety mechanisms, identifying gaps in safety critical requirements, and coordinating with Engineering to ensure that verification evidence adequately covers safety impacting functionality for CoreSuite and related product components.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport DO-178C and DO-254 certification activities (SOI-1 through SOI-4) across multiple programs, working closely with senior SQA engineers\nAssist in preparation, review, and refinement of certification artifacts (PSAC, SDP, SVP, SCMP, etc.) to ensure consistency and quality\nPerform SQA audits, compliance checks, and support gap tracking between planned processes and actual execution\nSupport day-to-day certification execution, including:\no Organizing deliverables\no Tracking review comments and closures\no Maintaining certification evidence packages\nParticipate in configuration management and change control activities (e.g., CCB, baseline tracking)\nAssist in preparing for customer, Safety Manager/DER, and internal audits\nWork closely with engineering teams to ensure certification requirements are properly implemented and understood\nLearn and support traceability activities (SLR/HLR/LLR/test/evidence)\nContribute to improving internal SQA processes, templates, and workflows to enable repeatable certification execution\nShadow and learn from senior SQA engineers to build deep knowledge of CoreSuite certification approach and tools\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering (Software, Systems, Electrical, or related field)\n2-5+ years of experience in hardware/software engineering or systems engineering\n2+ years in software quality,\nBasic understanding of software and hardware development lifecycle and documentation practices\nStrong organizational skills with attention to detail\nAbility to learn quickly in a structured, process-driven environment\nStrong communication skills and ability to work across engineering and program teams\nWillingness to grow into a long-term certification and SQA role\n\nPreferred / Desirable Qualifications\nExposure to DO-178C, DO-254 or similar safety-critical standards (ISO 26262, IEC 61508, etc.)\nExperience supporting certification, audit, or compliance activities\nFamiliarity with configuration management and collaboration tools (e.g., Git, Jira, Confluence)\nBasic understanding of embedded systems, operating systems, or hypervisors\nExperience working in aerospace, defense, or safety-critical domains\nSound Exciting? 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