Senior Engineer (Software Assurance)

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Systems Engineering and Assurance team in Edinburgh. The role focuses on software assurance across railway projects, supporting activities from planning to validation and maintenance while leading independent reviews and incident investigations.

You will work with a high-performance team, applying EN 50128 knowledge and established software life cycle practices to deliver safe, reliable systems for complex

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with software lifecycles
• Knowledge of EN 50128 and/or EN 50657
• Ability to perform independent reviews and incident investigations

Responsibilities

• Provide software technical support and independent services across railway projects.
• Support planning through validation and maintenance, and define an appropriate software acceptance plan for complex systems.
• Conduct independent software assurance activities, including gap analysis and incident investigation.

Skills

Software lifecycles

Software planning

Requirements management

Design and architecture

Traceability management

Software change management

Testing and verification

Verification and validation

Software configuration management

EN 50128 knowledge

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Systems Engineering and Assurance discipline. This position will suit a committed and ambitious engineer who can demonstrate strong interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to play their part in growing a dynamic high-performance team.

Missions/Main Duties

• Working with the Team Lead (Security and Software Assurance) to provide the following to our clients, including: Software technical support and independent services across a number of Railway projects.
• Support technical activities from planning phase up to Validation and SW maintenance, and support the system level, including the definition of an appropriate software acceptance plan for complex systems.
• Independent reviews or software assurance activities/acceptance, including gap analysis and incident investigation.

Profile/Skills

Essential

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering or similar
• Software lifecycle(s)
• Software Planning (SQAP, SV&VP and SCMP)
• SW Requirements Management
• Software design and architecture principles and techniques
• Traceability management
• Software Change Management
• Software Testing and principles knowledge
• Software Verification and Validation
• Software Configuration Management
• EN 50128 and/or EN 50657 knowledge

Desirable

• IEC/EN 61508 knowledge
• EN 50716 Knowledge
• IEC 12207 Knowledge