Aviation Software Safety Engineer

Thomas Search; North Kesteven; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Our client is a leading engineering & technology contractor working on some of the most exciting projects within UK defence and security.

As a Senior Software Assurance Consultant, you will be supporting software delivery across multiple projects as part of a team that provides Independent Technical Assessment of the software in safety critical/related aircraft systems.

Day-to-day, you'll be carrying out Independent Technical Evaluation on aircraft focusing on the safety of the software.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Populating software safety arguments under a goal structure establishing that a baseline exists for the software under review.
2. Establishing that the software is targeted to be developed to a known software standard.
3. Establishing that process has been followed and the software development and verification process is established and meeting the correct standards.
4. Evaluating any changes down to the source code level which is written in SPARK Ada and reviewing the associated Spark Analysis.
5. Providing assessment in a format suitable to the project and interface with business systems and safety subject matter experts.

Essential experience of the Senior Software Assurance Consultant:

1. Strong knowledge of aircraft software development and of the recognised software development standards.
2. Extensive experience of Safety Critical Software development and safety engineering concepts.
3. Experience working as a Software Technical Assessor or extensive experience working as a software engineer in a Safety Critical environment.

Essential qualifications for the Senior Software Assurance Consultant:

1. A Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent) or relevant technical experience.

NB. Applicants must be eligible to obtain UK government security clearance.