IV&V Engineer

Position Title: Software Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer

Purpose of Position

Perform Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) activities in support of nuclear power plant safety system projects to ensure that the safety system application software meet all intended design requirements. These activities include:

• Review safety system functional and system design specifications and verify the software requirements and software design meets those requirements.
• Verify safety system software through code reviews and validate through unit or module level testing.
• Verify requirement decomposition from system design to software requirements/design through review of RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix).
• Document anomalies and track their resolutions.
• Create verification reports and test reports; and provide input to the IV&V Technical Lead to be captured in the IV&V summary reports.

Major Responsibilities

• Complete assigned IV&V tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
• Work closely with the IV&V technical leads and design engineers to investigate and document any anomalies, inconsistencies, and inaccuracies in the software documentation and code.
• Provide feedback to safety system project management.
• Collect metrics and provide status on project health, identify recurring issues.
• Interface with system test engineers to ensure test coverage across module, unit, and system test planning.
• Support internal and external inspections and audits that are conducted time to time by the quality assurance organization, customers or regulators.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Minimum of BS degree in Engineering or related field
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in related field (software development, software quality assurance, or V&V, preferably in regulated industries)
• Working knowledge of software development preferably using C/C++
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Questioning attitude

Desired Knowledge and Skills

• Software development or IV&V experience in embedded systems or control systems is a plus
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, C#, etc.) is a plus
• Use of DOORS or other requirements management tools in the development of requirements and traceability matrices
• Familiarity with industry codes and standards, particularly IEEE Standards 1012.