Senior Avionics Qualification & Verification Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Montreal, QC, invites senior professionals with avionics verification, qualification, certification, or systems engineering experience to join our aerospace team. The role emphasizes QTP/QTR review, DO-160/ARP4754/ARP4761 awareness, and collaboration with OEM and Tier-1 suppliers on aircraft certification programs.

You will lead verification artefact reviews, coordinate with EMC/EMI, Thermal, Structural, Safety, and Certification disciplines to ensure

Qualifications

• Senior years’ experience in avionics verification, qualification, certification, or systems engineering.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience reviewing qualification documentation.
• Experience reviewing Qualification Test Plans (QTP) and Qualification Test Reports (QTR).
• Hands-on experience on at least one certified aircraft program.
• Prior experience working for: OEM/Tier-1 supplier
• Experience in EMC/EMI testing and ATC/Certification reviews

Responsibilities

• Quality review of QTPs for completeness, coverage, and traceability across requirements and test results.
• Review QTRs for accuracy, correlation with QTPs, and evidence of compliance.
• Conduct verification artefact reviews to satisfy certification objectives and identify gaps.
• Coordinate with EMC/EMI, Thermal, Structural, Safety, Systems Engineering, and Certification teams.
• Lead supplier documentation reviews and monitor closure of qualification issues.

Skills

avionics verification

qualification documentation review

QTP/QTR review

certified aircraft program

OEM/Tier-1 experience

Tools

IBM DOORS

DOORS Next

Polarion

Jama

Cameo/MagicDraw

Teamcenter

Windchill

JIRA

Job description

Montreal, PQ | 5 - 18 years of experience

Job Description

Inclusion without Exception

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an equal opportunity employer, and embraces diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, age, physical ability, neurodiversity, and sexual orientation, to create a workforce that reflects the societies we operate in. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected in our people stories across our workforce and implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.

Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service.

It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence.

Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 56 countries and 194 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients. Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificial intelligence today.

Must-Have

• Senior years’ experience in avionics verification, qualification, certification, or systems engineering.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience reviewing qualification documentation.
• Experience reviewing Qualification Test Plans (QTP) and Qualification Test Reports (QTR).
• Hands‑on experience on at least one certified aircraft program.
• Prior experience working for: OEM/Tier‑1 supplier

Good-to-Have

• Certification Experience in Direct support to FAA certification programs.
• Direct support to EASA certification programs.
• Experience supporting TCCA certification projects.
• Experience participating in SOI reviews.
• Experience preparing certification compliance evidence

Responsibility of / Expectations from the Role

• Qualification Test Plan (QTP) includes Review Qualification Test Plans (QTPs) for completeness and technical adequacy, verify proper coverage of all allocated requirements, Confirm alignment between: Equipment requirements, System requirements, Aircraft requirements, Qualification objectives, Verify that test methods adequately demonstrate compliance, Ensure environmental qualification test conditions are correctly defined, Verify applicability of environmental categories and operating conditions, Assess test setup descriptions for adequacy and repeat ability, Review pass/fail criteria and acceptance criteria, Validate test sample configuration and part number applicability, Review equipment operating modes addressed during testing
• Qualification Test Report (QTR) includes Review Qualification Test Reports for accuracy and completeness, Verify correlation between approved QTP and executed testing, Confirm all planned tests have been executed appropriately, Validate, Test results, Measurements, Data summaries, Failure records, Deviations, Corrective actions, Review evidence supporting requirement compliance, Verify sufficient objective evidence exists to support certification, Assess anomalies encountered during testing, Ensure proper disposition of test failures and retests, Confirm qualification conclusions are technically justified.
• Verification Compliance Assessment involves Review verification artefacts against System requirements, Equipment requirements, Interface requirements, Certification objectives, Assess requirement‑to‑test traceability, Verify that verification activities satisfy allocated requirements, Identify missing verification coverage, Validate verification methods, Test, Analysis, Inspection, Similarity, Ensure evidence supports compliance claims, Confirm closure of verification activities before certification milestones.
• Coordinate with customer specialists for disciplines including EMC/EMI, Thermal, Structural / Stress, Safety, Systems Engineering, Certification.
• Perform detailed technical reviews to identify: Documentation Gaps, Missing requirements coverage, test evidence, environmental conditions, Missing acceptance criteria, Technical Issues: Inadequate test methods, Inappropriate category selection, Traceability issues, Certification Concerns: Unsupported compliance statements, Lack of objective evidence
• Supplier Performance and Deliverable Review Responsibilities include Review supplier‑generated qualification documentation, evaluate quality and completeness of supplier deliverables, Assess supplier responsiveness to review comments, Support supplier technical reviews, Monitor closure of qualification issues, Review re‑worked documents, Ensure supplier compliance with customer expectations, Provide performance feedback and status reporting.
• Mandatory practical knowledge of RTCA DO‑160, ARP4754A, ARP4761 / ARP4761A, DO‑178C awareness, DO‑254 awareness, Aircraft development lifecycle, System verification processes.
• Documentation Review Skills in QTP, QTR, Compliance Reports, Qualification Reports, Verification Procedures, Verification Reports, Test Readiness Review Packages, Qualification Revie w Packages, Certification Data Packages.
• Specialized Qualification Knowledge in EMC / EMI Testing, Lightning Qualification, Structural Qualification, Thermal Qualification.
• Tool Experience in IBM DOORS, DOORS Next, Polarion, Jama, Cameo / MagicDraw, Teamcenter, Windchill, JIRA, Configuration Management Systems
• Additional Desirable Skills include Supplier management experience, Root cause analysis and corrective action reviews, Test laboratory coordination, Aircraft integration testing exposure, Systems engineering background, Safety assessment familiarity, Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) exposure, multi-disciplinary review experience (EMC, Stress, Thermal, Structures).

Additional Responsibilities

• Define and maintain Open IMA system architectures aligned with aircraft and system‑level requirements.
• Develop architecture concepts for hosted applications within partitioned computing environments. Allocate aircraft functions across IMA modules while ensuring compliance with safety, performance, and certification requirements.
• Applications
• Operating systems
• Shared platform resources
• Communication services
• Establish architecture principles supporting reusability, scalability, maintainability, and certification.
• Perform system‑level trade studies and architecture evaluations.
• Define and maintain: Functional architectures, Logical architectures, Physical architectures. Support safety‑driven architecture decisions derived from: FHA, PSSA, SSA. Ensure compliance with: ARINC 653, ARINC 664, DO‑297, ARP4754A.
• Platform Integration & Configuration: Lead integration of avionics applications onto Open IMA platforms. Configure: ARINC 653 partitions, Scheduling tables, Health monitoring functions, Communication channels, I/O assignments.
• Perform resource allocation activities: Memory allocation, Network bandwidth allocation. Support platform integration testing and troubleshooting. Analyze integration risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Resolve issues associated with: Partition timing, Resource conflicts, Inter‑partition communication, Network performance, Platform startup sequences. Coordinate platform.

Location

Montreal, PQ

Job Function

TECHNOLOGY

Role

Job Id

427432

Desired Skills