Lead Embedded Engr

The Lead Embedded Engineer is a global V&V technical leadership position based at HTS-Madurai/BLR/HYD.

The individual will be responsible for technical leadership for one or more product lines in Aerospace Software V&V COE.

The selected candidate will provide technical leadership and strategic direction to meet the strategic goals of the software V&V organization.

This role involves coordination and collaboration across several functional teams, program management, engineering, certification, applications, and OEM customers.

(70% - 80% of time)

Responsibilities:

• Business & Strategic:
• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction to meet the strategic goals of the software V&V organization.
• Analyze competitive products and technologies and make appropriate suggestions (may use demos, POCs) to influence product/technology direction and innovation.
• Maintain a 'big and complete' picture view of the product, its dependencies, organizational goals, and the technology arena, guiding and directing the functioning of the software V&V organization.
• Technical Leadership:
• Lead the development of test architectures, test environments, test tools, and test methodologies for ongoing and upcoming programs, ensuring delivery within schedule, cost, and timelines.
• Drive simulation, test design, and execution automation strategies to reduce test development cost and cycle time.
• Make technical decisions on test architecture, test methodologies, tradeoffs/decisions/constraints, and collaborate with the PI, OEMs, and certification authorities for necessary approvals.
• Drive test approaches and tools to meet commonality and reuse strategies to reduce reapplication costs.
• Ensure a quality focus and synergize practices to achieve exceptional quality work products across programs.
• Drive common test methodologies across programs for the objectives of DO-178B/C (DO-331/332/330) and address the objectives based on program levels.
• Review and support SVP, PSAC planning documents, and SVCP/SVR/SAS cert documents.
• Collaboration and Communication:
• Interface with the development or system team to understand the system/software architecture and design.
• Support CDR/PDR/Verification compliance audits to align with test strategy approaches.
• Mentor and train senior engineers on various types of testing.
• Provide technical guidance during the estimation process.
• Interact with certification authorities/OEMs to gain approvals for test methodologies/approaches.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a minimum of 10 years of experience in software development/verification.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Avionics/Controllers product lines for application/platform systems/software V&V or software design.
• Hands-on experience in the development of test environments and testing tools like Vector Cast, Vector Cover, or other structural coverage tools.
• Experience in the development/testing of embedded applications with hands-on experience in communication protocols.