DO-254 Lead Electronics Verification Engineer

Stirling Dynamics; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Social events

Job summary

Stirling Dynamics is recruiting a DO-254 Lead Electronics Verification Engineer to join the Software & Electronics Hardware team in Bristol. You will lead hardware verification activities and drive DO-254 projects across aerospace and training domains.

The role focuses on planning, executing, and documenting verification activities, coordinating with cross-functional disciplines, and steering teams toward certification milestones on high-profile customer projects.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with electronics bias or equivalent experience.
• Experience in aerospace DO-254 development and verification.
• Ability to lead end-to-end verification lifecycle.
• Strong communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware verification activities per DO-254 guidelines.
• Plan and oversee work packages to meet project schedule.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams (systems, hardware, safety, mech, simulation).
• Deliver DO-254 projects through to certification.
• Plan, design, verify and validate electronic controllers for aerospace systems.

Skills

Leadership

DO-254

Hardware verification

Aerospace

Communication

Education

Engineering Degree (electronics bias)

Tools

Polarion

MATLAB/Simulink

LabVIEW

Altium 365

Job description

Stirling Dynamics is recruiting a DO-254 Lead Electronics Verification Engineer to join the Software & Electronics Hardware team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your career by leading key electrical/electronics product development work packages and sub teams as part of the wider Software & Electronics team and help drive Stirling’s product development strategy.

Stirling Dynamics develops Electro-mechanical and mechatronic systems and electronic hardware for the aerospace and training and simulation markets. Due to company growth, we are looking for an enthusiastic candidate that has experience in electronic system architecture design and skill sets covering development and verification activities.

The primary focus of the role will be to support the design and development of our electric controller products for Training and Simulation and Aerospace markets. This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your career by leading an electrical/electronics product development team on one of our high-profile customer projects.

Stirling have developed our cutting-edge internal processes for DO-254 development harnessing Model Based Design practices and toolsets such as Polarion, Matlab, Simulink, Speedgoat, Labview and Altium 365. If you have experience any of these areas, we would love to hear from you.

This role will be predominantly based in the Stirling Dynamics Bristol office with occasional travel to our clients’ sites as required.

The ideal candidate will hold UK citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for planning, executing, and documenting hardware verification activities in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 guidelines for airborne electronic hardware
• Planning, allocation and oversight of technical work packages to meet deliverables within the project schedule
• Work in conjunction with the project delivery manager and other technical disciplines (systems, electronic hardware, safety, mech, simulation etc.)
• Provide technical and engineering know-how to deliver DO-254 projects through to certification
• Plan, design, specify, verify and validate electronic controllers for electromechanical aerospace systems

Qualifications

• Engineering Degree - ideally with an electronics bias, or relevant experience

Essential Skills

• Professional attitude
• Good communicator – both written and verbal
• Flexible, can-do approach Enjoys working in a team and collaborating
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple simultaneous requirements
• Pragmatic and systematic by nature
• Self-motivated to see tasks through to successful completion

Experience

The ideal candidate should have experience of Aerospace product development on DO-254 projects. They should have experience of the following activities:

• Leading the end-to-end verification lifecycle for Electronic Hardware/FPGA/ASIC/PLD or complex electronic hardware in accordance with DO-254
• Developing, maintaining, and owning verification plans, strategies, and compliance matrices
• Defining verification approaches, including simulation, analysis, inspection, and hardware testing
• Coordinating verification activities across internal teams, suppliers, and certification authorities

Benefits

• Competitive Package (Grade 5 - 7, £60,000 - £72,500 dependent on experience)

We offer a range of benefits to our employees to recognise their efforts. Playing hard is equally as important as working hard, so regular events are held throughout the year which provide an ideal opportunity to mix socially.