Software Verification Lead - Stores Management Systems

GE Aerospace•Grand Rapids, MI

About The Position

Responsible for designing, developing, and testing Embedded Software, platforms, and systems that control and run on devices. This role requires a deep understanding of the characteristics of the physical device being controlled, the real-time functions it is expected to perform, and the ability to design, develop, implement, and test the logic and software required to realize the real-time functionality. This position owns verification planning and strategy, including developing and maintaining Software Verification Plans, test strategies, and coverage approaches to meet DO-178C DAL B verification objectives and customer/program requirements. The role drives test development and automation by authoring and reviewing Software Test Plans, automated test procedures, unit tests, and test suites, and leading the automation strategy and implementation. The engineer performs requirements-based testing using IBM DOORS to derive and manage test cases from requirements, ensuring full requirements traceability and coverage across HLR, LLR, and unit levels. Responsibilities include managing tools and environments, such as configuring and administering GitHub repositories and branching strategies, and working within the AMD Vitis SDK and associated toolchains to build, integrate, and validate software on the Zynq UltraScale+ SOM. The role leads test execution and analysis, executing tests using tools such as VectorCAST, Ballard Co-Pilot, bus analyzers, and oscilloscopes; analyzing results; investigating anomalies; and driving issues to root cause and corrective action. The position supports safety and certification by applying DO-178C DAL B, MIL-STD-882E, and MIL-HDBK-516C objectives to verification activities and contributing to safety assessments and certification data packages. It also oversees defect management, leading complex troubleshooting across software, firmware, and hardware interfaces in collaboration with design, systems, and hardware teams. The engineer ensures robust documentation and reporting through the production of high-quality Software Test Reports, defect summaries, and verification status metrics, and supports internal, customer, and regulatory audits and reviews. Finally, the role champions process and continuous improvement by promoting verification best practices, contributing to process improvements, tool qualification, and standard work for software verification.

Requirements

Ability to effectively guide, lead technical teams and manage technical staff
Knowledge and experience testing complex avionics systems
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Aviation, or Aerospace from an accredited college or university.
Minimum 10 years of systems technical and project leadership experience in the aviation industry in any of the following areas: avionics system development, product design, leading and managing technical teams and executing new technology introduction programs.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Ability to prove status as a U.S. Person (U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, granted asylee or refugee status).

Nice To Haves

Experience with Stores Management Systems, mission computers, or similar avionics/defense platforms.
Experience integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
Scripting skills (e.g., Python, shell) to build automated test frameworks, data analysis, and tool integrations.
Exposure to tool qualification activities under DO-178C.
Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality, and rigorous verification in high-assurance systems.

Responsibilities

Providing technical leadership for the software verification team on SMS platforms.
Leading activities from planning through certification.
Setting technical direction, mentoring team members, and managing day-to-day task execution.
Owning verification planning and strategy, including developing and maintaining Software Verification Plans, test strategies, and coverage approaches to meet DO-178C DAL B verification objectives and customer/program requirements.
Driving test development and automation by authoring and reviewing Software Test Plans, automated test procedures, unit tests, and test suites.
Leading the automation strategy and implementation.
Performing requirements-based testing using IBM DOORS to derive and manage test cases from requirements, ensuring full requirements traceability and coverage across HLR, LLR, and unit levels.
Managing tools and environments, such as configuring and administering GitHub repositories and branching strategies.
Working within the AMD Vitis SDK and associated toolchains to build, integrate, and validate software on the Zynq UltraScale+ SOM.
Leading test execution and analysis, executing tests using tools such as VectorCAST, Ballard Co-Pilot, bus analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
Analyzing results, investigating anomalies, and driving issues to root cause and corrective action.
Supporting safety and certification by applying DO-178C DAL B, MIL-STD-882E, and MIL-HDBK-516C objectives to verification activities.
Contributing to safety assessments and certification data packages.
Overseeing defect management, leading complex troubleshooting across software, firmware, and hardware interfaces in collaboration with design, systems, and hardware teams.
Ensuring robust documentation and reporting through the production of high-quality Software Test Reports, defect summaries, and verification status metrics.
Supporting internal, customer, and regulatory audits and reviews.
Championing process and continuous improvement by promoting verification best practices.
Contributing to process improvements, tool qualification, and standard work for software verification.