For this position, we are looking for a Validation & Verification Engineer in Air Traffic Management (ATM) who can assist one of our clients - a global leader in aerospace, defence and digital security technologies.
Context:
The Airspace Mobility Solutions (AMS) business, part of the Global Business Unit Land and Air Systems, is providing leading edge Air Traffic Management (ATM), Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM), Security and Digital Aviation solutions for the Commercial and Defence sectors.
The AMS business manages 11% of the world’s airspace and with revenues of over 500 million Euros worldwide, is the global market leader in airspace management solutions. This role will support the class leading NexGen ATMS Program to upgrade the operational system.
Description:
In this role you will work in an international multidisciplinary team focused on the Verification and Validation of the ATM solution in order to confirm compliance to requirements and the fitness for purpose in accordance with Operational Scenarios. You will be responsible for the design and execution of the procedures and scenarios.
Expected Start Date: Q2 2027.
Responsibilities:
- Verification of the solution to confirm the system’s compliance to the Functional Baseline requirements
- Validation of the solution to confirm the system’s fitness for purpose in accordance with the Operational Concepts.
- Contribute in System Requirement Analysis activities to confirm requirements are testable and allocate a Verification Method(s) and Verification Phase(s), documented in the Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM).
- Proactively participate in PI planning and backlog refinement including contributing to the effort estimation
- Conduct of the verification and validation tests in accordance with the Project Plan(s) and Project Schedule at the program’s relevant location (Thales ’premises, supplier premises and/or customer premises)
- Conduct of verification and validation tests during formal testing activities Acceptance Verification and Validation (AV&V) with the Customer.
- Communicate with both internal and external stakeholders for the V&V testing activities.
- Participate in System Requirement Analysis workshops, internally, with suppliers and with the Customer.
- Participate in Test Procedure Reviews and Test Readiness Reviews, internally, with suppliers and with the Customer.
- Report regularly on the progress of the testing activity against the agreed planning and budget
- Record the test results in the project Test Management System and any defects in the Defect Management System.
- Contribute to the Defect CCB by providing summary defect status and impact assessments
- Track and verify and validate defect corrections including regression testing.
- Maintain and retest test procedures as requirements are changed
- Produce Test Procedure Books and Test Reports.
- Support your Squad members (software, integration and verification)
- Support the Product Owner (PO) and Scrum Master (SM)
- Make recommendations on strategies to improve performance or productivity
- Identify risks, and proposing effective solution early and executing mitigation actions
- Provide input into the planning and coordination of program integration activities
- Contribute to the development of Policies, Processes and Procedures for the V&V activities best practice
- Leading Technical Working groups both internally and externally to define technical solutions
- Mentoring and support to all personnel involved in V&V activities and contribute to succession plans for key V&V roles.
- Contribute to the development of V&V Engineering estimates for any modification proposals to the baseline in the context of projects/bids
- Work in accordance with the defined processes and practices, and contribute to their improvement