Senior Certification Software Engineer - Onsite

Collins Aerospace; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Vacation (3 weeks)

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment

Flexible schedules

Flexible spending accounts

Scholar program

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Melbourne, Florida, is seeking an experienced embedded software engineer with a passion for certification to join our Next Generation Processing Foundational Software team. You will help develop core building blocks for hardware bring-up and enable reliable product software, with emphasis on DO-178/DO-330 frameworks.

You will lead certification deliverables, mentor teammates, coordinate audits, and collaborate across systems, hardware, and software teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field.
• 8+ years of applied experience in the software development lifecycle.
• 5+ years of applied experience with the DO‑178/DO‑330 commercial certification process.

Responsibilities

• Provide subcontractor oversight and coordination in support of software certification activities, including certification document reviews and audit preparation.
• Coordinate and contribute to software certification deliverables, such as authoring plans, processes, work instructions, SOI submissions, and resolving findings.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the project team regarding questions on processes, plans, standards, and policies.
• Collaborate with a wide variety of teams, including internal and external customers, systems engineers, hardware engineers, software engineers, partner suppliers, safety engineers, and program managers.
• Manage certification activities, including project management responsibilities such as bidding, estimating, tracking, and reporting on technical scope, cost, and schedule.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, opportunities, dependencies, and assumptions associated with certification aspects of the program.
• Support additional software engineering activities during periods of reduced certification workload; these may include requirements capture, design, development, integration, and verification.
• Present information effectively to internal and external leaders at various levels and anticipate potential questions.
• Mentor team members in software certification practices and champion the development of training materials and knowledge-transfer opportunities.

Skills

Software certification

Project management

SOI processes

Education

STEM degree

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Melbourne, Florida, is seeking an experienced embedded software engineer with a passion for certification to join our Next Generation Processing Foundational Software team. You will help develop core building blocks for hardware bring-up and enable reliable product software, with emphasis on DO-178/DO-330 frameworks.

You will lead certification deliverables, mentor teammates, coordinate audits, and collaborate across systems, hardware, and software teams to deliver