Quest Defense Systems and Solutions is seeking an Embedded Software Verification and Validation Engineer to support Verification & Validation (V&V) of the Flight Control System (FCS) software by executing and maintaining High-Level Tests (HLTs) that validate system behavior across a wide range of FCS modes and mission-critical flight conditions.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience with system level or high-level software requirements-based testing
- Experience with Serena Dimensions or other configuration management system (Synergy, ClearCase/ClearQuest, etc.)
- Experience doing requirements-based testing under DO-178B/C or other safety critical process standards.
- Experience with C-Sharp scripting
- A general understanding of control laws and redundancy management functionality in a flight control system
- Familiarity with bench workflows, startup/shutdown sequencing, and log analysis
- Experience with MATLAB and Simulink
Responsibilities
- Developing or revise Flight Control Computer software high level (requirements-based) test cases and seed scripts to generate bench test scripts and verification procedures, to the standard and level of coverage established by the existing test package.
- Primarily writing out scripts using C-Sharp and occasionally in MATLAB for data post-processing
- Coordinating with the cognizant designer(s) on the Bell staff to ensure full test coverage, correct expected results, and communication / disposition of test findings.
- Executing the developed or modified tests in the System Integration Lab environment, both as part of the test development process and for regression purposes as required.
- Reviewing test results and test time history data, during test development, regression runs, and to help debug software issues.
- Identifying findings to the cognizant Bell designer(s) in instances where test outcomes do not align with requirements or with expected results.
- Authoring and participating in formal reviews of test cases, procedures, and results.
Other
- This role is remote but will require onsite onboarding for 2 weeks with potential of additional travel as needed.
- Due to the nature of this role, US Citizenship is required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in aerospace engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Military aerospace industry experience or other embedded software development experience
- FCS and Control Law (CLAW) domain knowledge is preferred but not required.
