Software Engineer V&V

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc.•Endicott, NY

1d•$90,000 - $130,000•Remote

About The Position

Quest Defense Systems and Solutions is seeking a highly skilled, detail-oriented Software Engineer to provide verification and validation support for systems involving safety-critical software. The successful candidate will independently evaluate plans, requirements, implementation, test artifacts, and processes to ensure alignment with DO-178C DAL A, regulatory requirements, and internal design specifications. The role performs V&V activities while capturing information to support onboarding and integration, and to become familiar with client project infrastructure, standards, processes, tools, environment, and architecture. This position is remote and is open to U.S. citizens only.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related engineering discipline.
At least 4 years of relevant Software Engineering experience in avionics or electronic-controls embedded development in a safety- or mission-critical environment, such as aerospace or military.
Experience developing with or on top of a real-time operating system (RTOS), and familiarity with RTOS concepts.
Experience developing software to DO-178C DAL A standards.
Experience with C and Python.
Experience with integration and testing at both the system level (hardware/software integration) and software test levels (HLR/LLR).

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in software engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Experience with ARM processors and associated system-on-chip features.
Experience developing device drivers or board support packages.
Familiarity with data transfer protocols such as ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553, and PCIe.
Familiarity with security concepts such as authentication, authorization, and confidentiality.
Experience with boundary value analysis (BVA), structural coverage analysis (SCA), and data and control coupling analysis (DCCA).
Strong communication and active-listening skills; ability to self-manage, raise or escalate roadblocks, communicate clearly, and take direction.
General understanding of engineering principles and ability to adapt to new projects and environments.

Responsibilities

Independently evaluate plans, requirements, implementation, test artifacts, and processes for alignment with DO-178C DAL A, regulatory requirements, and internal design specifications.
Perform verification and validation activities for safety-critical software systems.
Capture information to support onboarding and integration and to become familiar with client project infrastructure, standards, processes, tools, environment, and architecture.
Perform integration and testing at the system level, including hardware/software integration, and software test levels, including HLR/LLR.