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Textron · 5 days ago

Software Certification Engineer, DO178 SOI Audits, Aircraft

Fort Worth, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Textron is a pioneer in aviation, seeking an Aircraft Software Certification Engineer to join their Advanced Vertical Lift Systems team. The role involves developing software processes for RTCA DO-178C compliance and conducting software certification audits with military authorities.

AerospaceFinanceIndustrial

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Developing internal software processes for satisfying RTCA DO-178C objectives

Work effectively with Bell internal teams as well as supplier teams to prepare for software certification stage of involvement (SOI) audits

Primary interface with military certification authority for certifying Bell and supplier software

With minimal supervision, conduct software certification SOI audits alongside military customers, Bell software quality, and other stakeholders

With minimal supervision, produce SOI audit contractual artifacts for submittal to military customer (for example, job aid workbook, audit report)

Work effectively with Bell teams and supplier teams following SOI audits to resolve audit findings

Coordinate and communicate effectively with other teams including system safety, quality, configuration management, systems engineering, data management, program management, and airworthiness

Act as program software representative for regular customer related discussions, working groups, reviews, and future planning

Evaluate Bell and supplier software data for compliance with RTCA-DO178C and related supplements, standards, and policies

Apply knowledge of and provide training to other teams regarding commercial and military software certification experience

Support Bell and supplier design teams in the determination of SOI audit readiness, software release readiness, software formal qualification test (FQT) readiness, safety of flight (SOF) readiness, and production transition readiness

Provide support for software aspects of program gate reviews for Bell and supplier subsystems such as SRR, PDR, and CDR

Provide accurate guidance to Bell engineering teams and suppliers relative to software certification topics including MCP, MBD, MBSE, tool qualification, software conformity, formal test readiness, reuse, PDS, COTS, auto-code-generation, derived requirements validation etc

Qualification

RTCA DO-178CSoftware CertificationC/C++/C#Model-Based DevelopmentSoftware Tool QualificationMicrosoft OfficeAgileCyber SecurityCommunication Skills

Required

At least 5 years' experience in a software engineering role, including requirements, design, coding, and testing per RTCA DO-178B/C

Required Bachelor's Degree or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related engineering or science discipline

Experience with current industry software languages and practices (C/C /C#, Python, etc.)

Experience with preparing for software certification (SOI) reviews from the applicant/auditee perspective

Experience with conducting software certification (SOI) reviews from the certification authority/auditor perspective

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Demonstrated Communication Skills needed to brief top-level management, customers and/or large groups on an occasional-to-frequent basis

Experience with information flow between the software requirements process and the system/safety process per RTCA DO-178B/C and SAE ARP-4754A

Experience with software tool qualification per RTCA DO-330

Experience with software model-based development per RTCA DO-331