Embedded Software Verification & Validation Engineer

Quest Defense Systems and Solutions is a high-growth company focused on creating safety and mission-critical solutions across various industries. They are seeking highly skilled Software Verification & Validation Engineers to perform requirements-based unit tests for embedded software on a nuclear power plant control system, ensuring compliance with NQA-1 safety standards.

Responsibilities:

• Developing controls/monitoring software, low-level requirements-based tests to generate full-coverage LDRA verification procedures
• Analyzing and dispositioning structural coverage holes
• Coordinating with the customer to ensure full test coverage, correct expected results, and communication/disposition of test findings
• Executing the tests in the LDRA test setup on both simulated and on-target environments
• Reviewing test results and test time history data during test development, regression runs, and to help debug software issues
• Identifying findings and reporting them to the customer when test outcomes do not align with requirements or with expected results
• Authoring and participating in formal reviews of test cases, procedures, and results

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, or a related technical field
• 5 years performing low-level software requirements-based testing
• 2 years testing with LDRA or similar tool (i.e., VectorCAST)
• Proficiency in understanding C programming, preferably with experience developing C code
• Emphasis on Python development, especially UI building with Python
• Experience doing requirements-based testing under DO-178B/C or other safety-critical process standards
• A general understanding of control laws and redundancy management
• Experience with 'tkinter', a Python UI building toolkit, is a plus
• Commercial controls industry experience or other embedded software development experience
• 5 years developing embedded software in safety-critical systems