Embedded Software V&V Engineer
Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer Embedded Systems | Defence Technology | High-Impact Engineering Join a growing V&V team supporting multiple cutting-edge defence programmes. You’ll help qualify components across a range of advanced embedded systems, ensuring they perform safely, reliably, and to exacting standards. This hands-on role puts you at the centre of real technical challenges with the chance to influence next-generation products.Your Day to Day
- Create structured test cases from requirements
- Execute and document V&V test campaigns
- Analyse results and provide clear feedback
- Assess requirement testability and coverage
- Carry out timing tests, code-path analysis & focused code reviews
- Work in small V&V teams (2–3) embedded within larger engineering groups
- Use lab equipment including scopes, COTS tools, Rapita, LDRA & in-house test rigs
- Work with embedded platforms, RTOS and safety-critical systems
- Use Python and proprietary tools for scripting, data injection & analysis
- Strong V&V experience in an embedded software environment
- Ability to turn requirements into robust test cases
- Hands-on experience with electro-mechanical embedded systems
- Good understanding of the software engineering lifecycle
- Python scripting skills
- C code-level understanding (highly desirable); Ada a bonus
- Safety-critical experience
- Knowledge of DefStan 00-55, DO-178C, DO-330
- Embedded development (C/C++/Ada)
- RTOS knowledge
- Experience with DOORS, EWM, LDRA, Rhapsody, Rapita
- Varied, meaningful work across multiple product lines
- Major exposure to real engineering challenges
- Strong training, development & career progression
- Collaborative environment with real influence on design
- Direct contribution to next-generation defence systems