Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, V&v

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Mission Software Engineering

This role is for a Senior Software Engineer focused on Verification and Validation (V&V) for vehicle software in the defense technology sector. The engineer will lead V&V activities, implement automated tests, analyze requirements, and ensure traceability of testing to requirements. The role involves working with software development, processes, and verification tools, with a focus on the Aerospace and Defense space and knowledge of quality assurance tools and techniques. While the company utilizes AI and related technologies, this specific role is centered on the engineering discipline of software testing and validation, not direct AI model development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the definition, design, and execution of product verification and validation activities throughout the product development life cycle
  2. Implement and automate software verification tests by defining and delivering test cases written against software requirements
  3. Analyze and simulate requirements per customer specifications or developed internal product requirements
  4. Review use cases, requirements, and specifications for products to ensure that requirements and specifications can be verified and validated
  5. Execute complex testing, perform in-depth statistical analysis, and interpret results independently

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • Python
  • Software testing
  • Requirements management
  • Risk based testing
  • Defect tracking
  • Configuration control
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • Software Verification Techniques
  • Software Quality Assurance Tools And Techniques

Nice to have

  • Automated hardware-in-the-loop testing infrastructure
  • DO-178
  • MIL-HDBK-516C

What the JD emphasized

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance
  • Track record of architecting software test plans in the Aerospace and Defense space
  • Functional knowledge of software development, verification, and validation requirements for DO-178 and MIL-HDBK-516C
  • Experience developing testable requirements and understanding of DO-178 and MIL-HDBK-516C verification objectives