Staff Engineer, Software Certification Implementation (R4371)

Shield AI • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

The Software Certification Implementation Engineer is responsible for operationalizing DO-178C and MIL-HDBK-516C aligned software development within the Hivemind SDK. This role translates certification plans and standards into practical workflows, tooling, and automation that integrate with fast-paced development environments. You will work hands-on with Systems and Software teams to implement requirements management, configuration control, verification, and traceability practices that generate certifiable evidence as part of normal development. The role will include establishing the workflow mechanisms and working within those mechanisms alongside the development teams. The role focuses on execution and enablement rather than policy writing or auditing. Success in this role directly accelerates certification readiness while preserving engineering velocity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or software assurance in regulated or safety-critical environments
• Hands-on experience implementing software assurance or certification processes (e.g., DO-178C, MIL-HDBK-516C, DO-254, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or similar) on active development programs
• Experience integrating static analysis, coding standards, and test frameworks into development or CI/CD workflows
• Experience building and maintaining bidirectional traceability between requirements, software, and tests
• Ability to independently translate high-level standards or plans into executable workflows, templates, and tooling
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain assurance concepts to non-experts

Nice To Haves

• Practical experience configuring and using requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama)
• Experience establishing and maintaining configuration management workflows using modern version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Experience configuring and administering Jira Projects

Responsibilities

• Configure and integrate requirements management, configuration management, static analysis, and test tools
• Adapt CI/CD pipelines to automatically capture verification results and certification evidence
• Establish and maintain bidirectional traceability between requirements, code, and tests
• Build and manage repositories for verification data, review records, and compliance artifacts
• Partner directly with engineering teams to pilot and refine assured software practices
• Troubleshoot gaps between development workflows and certification requirements
• Identify opportunities for automation to reduce manual compliance burden
• Provide feedback to the Software Assurance Lead to improve standards and implementation guidance
• Implement DO-178C-aligned workflows, templates, checklists, and job aids based on approved plans and standards

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees