Design QA Engineer

Embention; Alicante; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Embention is seeking a Robotics Engineer or similar to join our R&D team, focused on audits and certification for drone software. This role emphasizes DO-178C compliance, traceability, and process discipline across projects.

You will execute code and requirements audits, oversee engineering processes, identify deviations, and work closely with development and certification teams to ensure high-quality, safe airborne systems that meet aerospace standards.

Qualifications

• Execute code and requirements audits to ensure Embention’s developments comply with aeronautical certification standards.
• Knowledge of DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4754A, and ARP4761.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Proactivity and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure requirements traceability.
• Oversee and validate engineering processes.
• Identify and report deviations.
• Collaborate with development and certification teams.
• Embedded C/C++ programming.
• Knowledge of quality processes.

Skills

Embedded C/C++ programming

DO-178C knowledge

Requirements traceability

English fluency

Tools

Embedded software tools

Job description

#Join us in enabling drones to populate our skies

At Embention, we have been driven since 2007 by a clear mission: Enabling drones to populate our skies.

We provide more than 700 customers in 70 countries including internationally renowned companies such as Toyota, Amazon Prime Air, and Honda with Veronte autopilots, critical avionics, and software for their professional drones and eVTOLs. All our systems are developed in accordance with DO-178C, DO-254, and DO-160 standards, making us the only company in the sector certified by AESA and EASA as both a POA and APDOA.

The core of our company lies in our R&D team, made up of over 100 multidisciplinary engineers. Together with the rest of the organization, we are a team of 180 professionals united by a single goal: to innovate and push the boundaries of UAV technology.

Following a record-breaking 2025 marked by strong stock market performance, the launch of industrial production in the United Arab Emirates, and the establishment of a subsidiary in the United States, we are looking to continue expanding our team and driving continuous R&D development.

If you are passionate about our mission and want to be part of this journey, we are looking for you.

What would be your mission?

Execute code and requirements audits to ensure that Embention’s developments comply with aeronautical certification standards, especially DO178C, guaranteeing the traceability and consistency of engineering processes.

Which will be your responsibilities?

• Ensure requirements traceability.
• Oversee and validate engineering processes.
• Identify and report deviations.
• Collaborate with development and certification teams.
• Robotics Engineer or similar.
• Embedded C/C++ programming.
• Knowledge of quality processes.

What do we value?

• Knowledge of DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4754A, and ARP4761.
• Documentation and traceability under aeronautical standards.
• Knowledge of the UAV sector.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Proactivity and organizational skills.

Embention is an equal opportunity employer. Recruitment decisions are made based on experience, qualifications, and alignment with role requirements.