Software Verification Lead

Alten; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Alten is seeking an experienced DO-178C Software Verification Lead in India to drive verification strategy for an eVTOL platform. The role focuses on requirements-based testing, integration testing, and coverage analysis to ensure DO-178C DAL A compliance.

You will mentor engineers and coordinate with cross-functional teams through certification cycles. The ideal candidate has strong leadership and extensive experience in software verification, traceability, and compliance reviews, with a track

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of experience in DO-178C software verification.
• Hands-on experience with requirements-based testing and verification test planning.
• Practical knowledge of structural coverage analysis and MC/DC.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the software verification strategy, plans, methods, environments, and execution approach.
• Drive requirements-based testing, low-level testing, software integration testing, robustness testing, and regression testing.
• Plan and lead structural coverage analysis, including MC/DC coverage achievement and closure.
• Ensure bidirectional traceability among requirements, test cases, procedures, results, anomalies, and applicable code/design artifacts.
• Review verification cases, procedures, scripts, results, reports, and certification evidence.
• Track verification progress, coverage, defects, risks, compliance gaps, and closure actions.
• Support customer reviews, quality reviews, certification audits, and compliance assessments.
• Mentor verification engineers and coordinate with development, systems, configuration management, quality, and certification teams.

Skills

DO-178C

requirements-based testing

structural coverage analysis

Job description

Software Verification Lead

We are seeking an experienced DO-178C Software Verification Lead to spearhead our software verification strategy for a DO-178C DAL A compliant FCC software solution for an eVTOL platform. The role involves leading requirements-based testing, integration testing, structural coverage, traceability, compliance reviews, and verification team execution. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise and leadership skills to ensure the delivery of high-quality, compliant software solutions.

Experience Required:

7 to 10 years

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the software verification strategy, plans, methods, environments, and execution approach.
• Drive requirements-based testing, low-level testing, software integration testing, robustness testing, and regression testing.
• Plan and lead structural coverage analysis, including MC/DC coverage achievement and closure.
• Ensure bidirectional traceability among requirements, test cases, procedures, results, anomalies, and applicable code/design artifacts.
• Review verification cases, procedures, scripts, results, reports, and certification evidence.
• Track verification progress, coverage, defects, risks, compliance gaps, and closure actions.
• Support customer reviews, quality reviews, certification audits, and compliance assessments.
• Mentor verification engineers and coordinate with development, systems, configuration management, quality, and certification teams.

Qualification Criteria:

• Strong experience in DO-178C software verification.
• Hands-on experience with requirements-based testing and verification test planning.
• Practical knowledge of structural coverage analysis and MC/DC.
• Experience maintaining requirements-to-test traceability and verification evidence.
• Experience in software integration testing, defect investigation, and verification reporting.
• Technical leadership, review, communication, and team coordination skills.

Primary Skills:

• DO-178C
• requirements-based testing
• structural coverage analysis

Key Skills:

• traceability
• verification reporting
• certification audits
• team coordination
• integration testing
• defect investigation
• MC/DC
• requirements management
• test planning
• verification strategy
• FCC compliance
• avionics systems
• software verification
• technical leadership
• quality reviews
• certification evidence
• software quality
• risk management
• traceability
• verification progress tracking