Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HCLTech is seeking a highly skilled Embedded Software Test Engineer with strong experience in DO-178C compliance and DAL-A verification to support aerospace and avionics programs. This role focuses on validating safety-critical embedded systems, ensuring compliance with certification standards, and driving high-quality verification processes.
Responsibilities
- Perform verification and validation (V&V) of embedded avionics software in compliance with DO-178C standards (DAL-A)
- Develop and execute unit tests, functional tests, and automated test scripts
- Design and maintain test cases, test procedures, and regression test suites
- Conduct structural coverage analysis (SCA) using tools such as LDRA, VectorCAST, or similar
- Perform quantitative and object code analysis to support certification requirements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across software, systems, and certification engineering
- Support test documentation, traceability, and compliance artifacts for regulatory audits
Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with DO-178C standards, with DAL-A level verification experience
- Experience in unit testing and functional testing methodologies
- Proven experience in test automation and test framework development
- Experience with structural coverage tools (LDRA, VectorCAST, or similar)
- Experience with object code analysis / low-level verification
- Solid understanding of embedded systems and software-hardware interaction
- U.S. Citizenship or Green Card required
- Experience working with aircraft GNSS systems or CNS (Communication, Navigation & Surveillance) domains
- Prior experience in avionics or aerospace safety-critical systems
- Exposure to HIL/SIL testing environments
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- 401(k) retirement plan
- 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year)
- 10 paid holidays per year
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