Aviation Software Safety Engineer

Waddington

3 months ago

Applications closed

Our client is a leading engineering & technology contractor working on some of the most exciting projects within UK defence and security.

As a Senior Software Assurance Consultant you will be supporting software delivery across multiple projects as part of a team that provides Independent Technical Assessment of the software in safety critical/related aircraft systems.

Day-to-day, you’ll be carrying out Independent Technical Evaluation on aircraft focusing on the safety of the software.

Your responsibilities will include:

Populating software safety arguments under a goal structure establishing that a baseline exits for the software under review
Establishing that the software is targeted to be developed to a known software standard
Establishing that process has been followed and the software development and verification process is established and meeting the correct standards
Evaluating any changes down to the source code level which is written in SPARK Ada and the reviewing of the associated Spark Analysis
Providing assessment in a format suitable to the project and interface with business systems and safety subject matter experts.

Essential experience of the Senior Software Assurance Consultant:
Strong knowledge of aircraft software development and of the recognised software development standards
Extensive experience of Safety Critical Software development and safety engineering concepts
Experience working as a Software Technical Assessor or extensive experience working as a software engineer in a Safety Critical environment.

Essential qualifications for the Senior Software Assurance Consultant:
A Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent) or relevant technical experience

NB. Applicants must be eligible to obtain UK government security clearance

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