Principal AI Engr

Honeywell Aerospace; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Principal AI/ML Verification and Validation Engineer to shape verification frameworks for AI-enabled avionics, aligning with DO-178C/DO-330 and certification goals.

You will lead automation across V&V lifecycle, collaborate with software, systems, safety, and certification teams, and advance robustness, explainability, and traceability in safety-critical environments.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software verification and validation, safety-critical software engineering, or related field.
• DO-178B/C lifecycle objectives understanding and certification support in regulated environments.
• AI/ML assurance background including verification, testing, or validation of AI/ML systems.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python with hands-on test automation and tooling development.
• Strong verification methods, statistical verification, and robustness testing foundations.
• Familiarity with V&V toolchains and modern automation practices (VectorCAST, LDRA, Parasoft).
• Experience with CI/CD, containerized test environments, and data/model versioning for traceability.

Responsibilities

• Define AI/ML V&V strategy for airborne software, including traceability, test coverage, robustness evaluation, and evidence generation for certification objectives.
• Architect automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines supporting model validation, software integration, simulation, HIL testing, and regression execution.
• Advance AI-augmented assurance and develop tools to improve requirement-to-test traceability, test generation, and anomaly detection.
• Lead tool qualification activities with DO-330 and establish confidence in automated workflows for regulated environments.
• Drive robustness, explainability, and formal methods to ensure safe AI behavior in safety-critical programs.
• Collaborate with software, systems, safety, test, and certification teams to align technical approaches and program milestones.

Skills

AI/ML verification

C/C++

Python

Test automation

V&V frameworks

CI/CD

Model versioning

Communication

Tools

VectorCAST

LDRA

Parasoft

Job description

About us:

Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA), we're launching as an independent, publicly traded aerospace and defense company built on a legacy of operational excellence and mission-focused execution.

Our new brand identity pairs that heritage with real momentum, as we build technology that helps pilots navigate with confidence, aircraft operate more efficiently, and operators stay ahead of change. With our systems on board 90% of the world's aircraft, your work here has reach that's rare to find anywhere else.

Focusing on our customers, investing in innovation, and building a culture of accountability and performance is how we're shaping what comes next.

Every horizon. Every mission. Every day.

Electronic Solutions:

Honeywell Aerospace products and services are found on aircraft across commercial aviation, defense and space — from engines and cockpit electronics to cabin systems, mechanical components and connectivity solutions. Our technology helps operators fly more safely, reduce fuel consumption, improve on-time performance and deliver a better experience for the people on board.

As aviation continues to evolve, we're also developing systems to support autonomous and supersonic platforms, bringing the same focus on safety and efficiency to the next era of flight. With approximately 36,000 employees worldwide and net sales of $17.4B in 2025, Honeywell Aerospace is one of the largest dedicated aerospace companies in the world. Explore our businesses: https://www.honeywellaerospace.com

Electronic Solutions develops the avionics, navigation systems, sensors and electromagnetic defense technology that help aircraft perform safely and with precision. Our systems are on board 90% of the world's aircraft — serving commercial aviation, defense and space operators from integrated flight deck platforms with 30-plus years in service to radiation-hardened systems trusted for human spaceflight.

As the Principal AI/ML Verification and Validation Engineer, you will lead the strategy, architecture, and implementation of verification frameworks for AI-enabled avionics systems. You will define methods for assuring AI/ML components in safety-critical environments, support certification activities aligned with DO-178C and DO-330 expectations, and drive automation across the V&V lifecycle.

This role bridges traditional safety-critical engineering and modern AI/ML practices by improving traceability, test automation, robustness evaluation, and evidence generation. You will partner with software, systems, safety, and certification teams to build scalable assurance workflows that improve verification efficiency, strengthen compliance readiness, and support timely program delivery.

• Define AI/ML V&V strategy: Lead verification and validation approaches for AI-enabled airborne software, including planning, traceability, test coverage, robustness evaluation, and evidence generation aligned with certification objectives.
• Architect automation frameworks: Design and deploy scalable V&V workflows and CI/CD pipelines that support model validation, software integration, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and regression execution.
• Advance AI-augmented assurance: Develop or guide tools that improve requirement-to-test traceability, support test generation, identify anomalous results, and prioritize verification effort using data-driven methods where appropriate.
• Lead tool qualification activities: Support qualification planning and evidence development for verification tools under DO-330 and help establish confidence in automated workflows used in regulated environments.
• Drive robustness and explainability methods: Establish approaches for adversarial testing, corner-case analysis, formal methods, uncertainty evaluation, and model interpretability where traditional structural coverage methods may be insufficient for AI/ML behavior.
• Collaborate across engineering functions: Partner with software, systems, safety, test, and certification teams to align technical approaches, certification artifacts, and program milestones.
• Influence standards and mentor teams: Provide technical leadership, define best practices, and mentor engineers working on AI/ML assurance in safety-critical programs.

• Experience: 12+ years of experience in software verification and validation, safety-critical software engineering, or a closely related field.
• Certification knowledge: Deep understanding of DO-178B/C software lifecycle objectives and practical experience supporting certification or compliance activities in regulated environments.
• AI/ML assurance background: Experience verifying, testing, or assuring AI/ML systems, including areas such as computer vision, deep learning, or reinforcement learning.
• Programming skills: Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python, with hands-on experience building test automation, analysis workflows, or supporting tooling.
• Verification methods: Strong foundation in statistical verification, uncertainty quantification, robustness testing, and formal or semi-formal analysis methods.
• Toolchain familiarity: Experience with established V&V tools such as VectorCAST, LDRA, or Parasoft, along with modern automation and scripting practices.
• DevOps/MLOps exposure: Experience with CI/CD, containerized test environments, and data or model versioning practices used to support traceability and repeatability.
• Collaboration and leadership: Demonstrated ability to work across engineering disciplines and provide technical leadership on complex, high-assurance programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• AI-enabled test engineering: Experience building or applying AI/ML techniques to improve requirement-to-test traceability, test generation, anomaly detection, or verification workflow efficiency.
• Regulatory familiarity: Exposure to FAA or EASA guidance related to machine learning, software assurance, or tool qualification in safety-critical environments.
• MLOps for regulated systems: Experience with tools such as DVC, MLflow, Docker, or Kubernetes to support reproducible, traceable, and controlled validation workflows.
• Simulation and synthetic data: Hands-on experience with digital twin, simulation, or model-based environments such as MATLAB/Simulink, Unreal Engine, AirSim, or similar platforms.
• Formal methods and static analysis: Familiarity with approaches or tools such as Polyspace, Astrée, abstract interpretation, or SMT solvers for verifying software properties.
• Legacy integration experience: Experience connecting modern Python-based automation or AI testing frameworks with established V&V toolchains used for C, C++, or Ada systems.