Embedded Software Engineer

Ourclient is a leading engineering and manufacturing company that provide bothmechanical and electronic components for the MOD and Aerospace industry. Duties: ·Responsible for planning the development or verificationactivities for a project. Plans must satisfy the objectives of theinternationally recognized guidelines RTCA DO 178B/C. ·Identification of skill requirements / training needs for theproject and Identification of tool and resource needs for the project. ·Plan for maximize re-use of existing work products and maximumre-use of products being developed ·As Lead developer/verifier – Overall execution of the ‘SoftwareDevelopment Process’ or ‘Software Verification Process’ per the plan andapplicable processes and standards. ·Plan updates as required and acceptance and approval ofwork-products generated by project subordinates. ·Acceptance of system requirements allocated to software,Development of software requirements, Selection or development of softwarearchitecture, Development of software design, Software implementation andintegration and establishing and maintaining traceability between thework-products (system requirements to software requirements, softwarerequirements to software design etc.) ·Verification of all work-products produced by the developmentprocess, verification of the traceability between work-products produced by thedevelopment process and generation of test cases at each test level toadequately verify the operation of the software and to obtain the appropriatetest coverage. ·Software Certification; For projects for which the candidate hasbeen allocated the role of lead developer/verifier, (s)he may be responsiblefor: ·Generating the Plan for Software Aspects of Certification,resolving certification issues identified by the customer, certificationauthority or representative and generating the Software Accomplishment Summary ·Quality, process and productivity improvements are eternal goals;to support these the candidate may be required to: ·Investigate the causes of any software defects, report findingsand recommendations to management/process groups and if necessary, supportprocess changes. ·Participate in global process improvement and standardizationinitiatives. ·Participate in global tool standardization initiatives. ·The candidate may occasionally be required to provide support tocustomers (internal and external), possibly off-site. Requirements: ·Significant experience of developing and verifying software forembedded aerospace applications over all life-cycle phases (requirementscapture, specification, design, implementation, support). ·A thorough understanding of the ‘C’ programming language isessential. ·A thorough understanding of DO178B/C is essential. ·The ability to read circuit diagrams or schematics and to useelectronics development and test tools (oscilloscopes, logic analysers,debuggers etc.) would be beneficial. Experienceof using the following software tools would be beneficial: ·DOORS ·ChangeMan Dimensions ·ClearCase / ClearQuest ·System Architect and/or Rhapsody ·VectorCAST ·QA C and/or LDRA Test Bed