Avionics Software Certification Engineer (DO-178C)

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Avionics Software Certification Engineer to support the certification and compliance of safety-critical embedded software used in aerospace systems. This role is ideal for professionals with expertise in DO-178B/C standards, software verification, and certification documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Review software development lifecycle artifacts to ensure compliance with DO-178B/C standards.
• Prepare, review, and maintain certification documentation for aerospace software programs.
• Support certification activities throughout the software development and verification lifecycle.
• Participate in technical reviews, audits, and regulatory assessments.
• Analyze certification issues and work with engineering teams to resolve compliance gaps.
• Ensure software requirements, design documents, test procedures, and verification results meet certification standards.
• Support Stage of Involvement (SOI) reviews and customer certification activities.
• Maintain complete traceability between requirements, design, code, and testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to aerospace quality processes.
• Contribute to continuous process improvements and documentation quality.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or another STEM discipline.
• Experience working with DO-178B or DO-178C software certification standards.
• Knowledge of software development and verification processes for safety-critical embedded systems.
• Experience reviewing certification documents and compliance artifacts.
• Understanding of software requirements traceability and verification methodologies.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

• software
• compliance
• software development
• avionics
• software certification
• aerospace