Senior Embedded V&V Engineer - Safety-Critical Flight SW

DESE Research, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible schedules

Two FSA options

Life insurance

Performance bonus

Education reimbursement

Paid leave

401k plan

Promotions opportunities

Referral program

Job summary

DESE Research, Inc. is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team to ensure thorough test coverage, qualification, and validation of target flight software in a defense-focused environment.

The role requires collaboration across software, systems engineering, and verification teams, with emphasis on compliance to safety standards (e.g., DO-178C) and mission assurance testing.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software verification and validation experience including testing frameworks, requirement management tracking, and test script generation.
• Experience verifying embedded tactical code or safety-critical validation testing and/or using code coverage analysis tools on physical processing chips.
• Familiarity with software-specific safety regulations and certification parameters.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with system requirements and specifications of the design and development of testing pipelines for embedded system software.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software developers, systems engineers, and verification teams, to evaluate operational safety metrics.
• Define and document the software testing scope, functional verification criteria, and boundary conditions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry software standards (such as DO-178C), military regulations, and rigorous mission assurance testing guidelines.
• Support test plans and procedure development to verify the structural coverage and structural logic limits of flight code.
• Support the troubleshooting and resolution of any code bugs, memory leaks, or operational crashes caught during integration loops.

Skills

US Secret Clearance

C/C++

Python

Test automation

Code coverage tools

Safety-critical verification

Education

Bachelor's degree (engineering/CS/Math/Physics/Chemistry)

Tools

VectorCAST

LDRA

DOORS

Job description

DESE Research, Inc. is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team to ensure thorough test coverage, qualification, and validation of target flight software in a defense-focused environment.

The role requires collaboration across software, systems engineering, and verification teams, with emphasis on compliance to safety standards (e.g., DO-178C) and mission assurance testing.