Senior Design Assurance Engineering Scientist

Job Posting

Title:

Senior Design Assurance Engineering Scientist

Hiring Department: Applied Research Laboratories

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40

FLSA Status: Exempt

Earliest

Start Date:

Immediately

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Location: PICKLE RESEARCH CAMPUS

We are seeking a senior design assurance engineer to oversee the implementation and DO-278A certification of mission‑essential web applications. They will serve as a technical leader within the laboratory in the areas of design assurance. As a key member of a team of engineers, they will be responsible for guiding the team to ensure the resulting product can achieve certification. The team is responsible for eliciting systems scope from stakeholders, allocating and deriving requirements, translating requirements into systems designs, implementing the components, verifying the implementation, and delivering to the customer.

• Lead safety‑critical system design, development, decomposition, and tracking of safety‑critical system requirements from initial design to formal validation and verification activities per DO-278A.
• Lead identification of safety‑critical system interfaces and conduct Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA) allocations to define objectives for system safety.
• Identify evidence supporting the achievement DA levels identified in the FHA and map to Design Assurance objectives.
• Provide Design Assurance Engineering Analysis and DA Reviews support.
• Provide engineering services supporting Gap Analysis based on final Program Requirements Document (fPRD), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), and other safety artifacts.
• Develop DO-278A Compliance Audit, compile a Development Assurance Compliance Report, deliver synopsis of work performed and support integration.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in science, applied science, or engineering.
• Three years of related experience.
• Understanding of software development processes according to RTCA DO-178C, DO-278A, and DO-331.
• Experience in identifying and addressing Design Assurance (DA) gaps.
• Experience in conducting Compliance Audits for DO-278A.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to communicate technical detail to staff and stakeholders of varying backgrounds and experiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively, both independently and collaboratively, with a strong commitment to contribution and enabling the entire team.
• Demonstrated ability to make security‑related architectural and implementation decisions for web applications throughout the stack.

• Post‑graduate degree in systems engineering, engineering management, engineering mechanics, operations research, industrial engineering, or related field.
• Five or more years relevant professional work experience.
• Specialized study, research, or work‑experience with a specific emphasis on software architecture, data engineering, real‑time data streams, TCP/IP networking, GNSS systems and/or GNSS signal structure.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services (preferred), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Demonstrated experience participating in an Agile project management using Jira or similar Agile management tools.
• Work experience specific to GNSS observation and navigation data.
• Eligibility for immediate access to classified information.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0.

An agency designated by the federal government handles the investigation as to the requirement for eligibility for access to classified information. Factors considered during this investigation include but are not limited to allegiance to the United States, foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations, drug involvement, the likelihood of continuation of such conduct, etc.

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