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Quest Defense · 10 hours ago

Software Engineer V&V Lead

Endicott, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$135K/yr - $162K/yr

6+ years exp

Quest Defense Systems and Solutions is a leader in aerospace and defense engineering, dedicated to tackling mission-critical challenges. They are seeking a Software Engineering Lead to provide verification and validation support for the Small Engine Control Program, ensuring alignment with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Information Technology

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Independently evaluate plans, requirements, implementation, test artifacts, and processes to ensure alignment with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal design specifications

Perform V&V activities in parallel with capturing the necessary information for onboarding, integrating, and familiarizing with client project infrastructure, standards, process, tools, environment, architecture, and so forth

Qualification

Software EngineeringAvionics DevelopmentRTOS ExperienceDO-178C StandardsC ProgrammingPythonIntegrationTestARM ProcessorsDevice DriversData Transfer ProtocolsSecurity ConceptsActuatorsSensorsMulticore SoCBoundary Value AnalysisTool QualificationCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related engineering discipline

6+ years of relevant Software Engineering experience in avionics or electronic controls embedded development in a safety or mission critical environment (ie: aerospace, military)

Experience developing or developing on top of an RTOS (real-time operating system) as well as familiarity with RTOS concepts

Experience with Asymmetric Multiprocessing

Experience with developing software to DO-178C standards

Experience with C, Python

Experience with Integration and Test at both system level (HW/SW integration) as well as software test (HLR/LLR)

US Citizenship is required

Preferred

Master's degree in software engineering or a related engineering discipline

Experience with ARM processors, associated System on Chip features, and ARM toolsets like ARM Dev Studio IDE and ARM DStream Probe

Experience developing device drivers/board support packages

Familiar with data transfer protocols (ARINC 615A, ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553, PCIe, LIN, CAN)

Familiar with security concepts (authentication, authorization, confidentiality)

Familiarity with actuators and sensors like stepper/torque motors, solenoids, relays, VDT, VRT, etc

Experience with complex multicore SoC, Bare-Metal Development, Cast-32A, Interference testing, Worst case execution time & Determinism, debug concepts

Experience BVA (boundary value analysis), SCA (structural coverage analysis), DCCA (data and control coupling analysis)

Experience with DO-330 Tool Qualification

Good soft skills: communication, ability to perform active listening, self-manage, raise/elevate roadblocks hiccups, communicate clearly, take direction

Good general understanding of engineering principals to be able to adapt to new projects/environments and come up to speed quickly

Team leadership experience including project technical leadership and/or software functional leadership