Hybrid Avionics Hardware V&V Engineer Phoenix

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

401(k) matching

Certification assistance

Job summary

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions seeks Hardware Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineers to support avionics display programs. Hybrid work in Phoenix, AZ with relocation assistance possible and U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities include developing verification plans, executing V&V, verifying NVIS configurations, and producing DO-254 compliant artifacts while collaborating across hardware, systems, and software teams to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• 10 years of hardware V&V/test engineering experience in aerospace or avionics.
• Requirements-based verification and test procedure development.
• Knowledge of DO-254 (Design Assurance for Airborne Electronic Hardware).
• Knowledge of RTCA DO-160 qualification/environmental test methods.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis with standard lab equipment.
• Solid understanding of digital and analog circuit fundamentals, signal integrity.
• Ability to read schematics and work from hardware requirements and design specifications.
• US citizenship or permanent residency (export control / ITAR).

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements-based hardware verification plans, test procedures, and test cases.
• Execute hardware V&V and qualification testing of display processors, display units, HUD hardware, or PBAs at board and LRU level.
• Verify NVIS-compatible and non-NVIS display configurations, including backlight brightness, luminance, and I/O interfaces.
• Support environmental and EMI/EMC qualification testing per DO-160.
• Perform delta-qualification and re-verification after obsolescence.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and root-cause hardware issues during verification, qualification, and production.
• Generate verification results, test reports, and DO-254 artifacts.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and software engineers to close verification gaps.
• Support production flow and legacy display supply issues.
• Communicate status and risks to leads and program leadership to meet milestones.

Skills

Hardware V&V

Requirements-based verification

DO-254

DO-160

Troubleshooting

Circuit fundamentals

Schematic reading

US citizenship / ITAR

OPIs / LRU testing

Tools

DOORS

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

DMMs / power supplies

JIRA

LTspice

Mathcad

Excel

Job description

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions seeks Hardware Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineers to support avionics display programs. Hybrid work in Phoenix, AZ with relocation assistance possible and U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities include developing verification plans, executing V&V, verifying NVIS configurations, and producing DO-254 compliant artifacts while collaborating across hardware, systems, and software teams to accelerate delivery.