Lead Embedded QA Engineer — Aviation & DO-178C

AL TARIQ; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

ADASI in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Principal Software Test Engineer to lead an embedded avionics testing team, ensuring rigorous quality across safety-critical software and hardware integration.

You will design and execute test plans, enforce DO-178C compliance, mentor testers, and drive test automation and CI practices across the full lifecycle.

Experience with UAV or aerospace software testing, QT framework, and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (CS, Electronics or related).
• 10+ years in software testing, focused on embedded systems.
• Strong manual and automated test case experience.
• QT framework familiarity and DO-178C knowledge.
• UAV systems experience and aviation/aerospace background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the software testing team to ensure timely, accurate test delivery.
• Design and maintain test cases from requirements and design docs.
• Execute manual and automated tests against functional, performance, and safety requirements.
• Ensure compliance with RTCA DO-178C in safety-critical environments.
• Manage the full testing lifecycle: planning, execution, defect reporting, completion.
• Oversee testing for embedded and avionics-related systems.
• Mentor the team on test automation and CI best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in QA strategies and methodologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on system integration and validation.

Skills

Test leadership

QA automation

Embedded systems

RTCA DO-178C

QT framework

Aviation software testing

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

QT framework

CI/CD

Job description

ADASI in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Principal Software Test Engineer to lead an embedded avionics testing team, ensuring rigorous quality across safety-critical software and hardware integration.

You will design and execute test plans, enforce DO-178C compliance, mentor testers, and drive test automation and CI practices across the full lifecycle.

Experience with UAV or aerospace software testing, QT framework, and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams is required.