Job Description (JD) – Senior Aerospace Software & Electronics Certification Engineer
Location: Dorval, QC, CAN, H4S 1Y9
Key responsibilities and requirements extracted from the JD:
Role focus: Airborne software and electronic hardware design assurance, certification, safety, and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in preliminary and critical system design reviews.
- Review supplier certification plans for airborne software and electronic hardware.
- Assess FPGA, ASIC, PLD, and embedded software designs.
- Conduct technical and process audits at supplier facilities.
- Perform safety-of-flight reviews.
- Evaluate software and hardware verification results to determine compliance.
- Lead resolution of technical, safety, and regulatory deficiencies.
- Prepare and review design compliance reports.
- Contribute to the Software and Electronics (SWEL) domain roadmap.
- Mentor junior engineers and technical professionals.
Required Qualifications
- University degree in Electronics, Software, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
- 15+ years of technical engineering experience.
- 10+ years of aeronautical industry experience.
- 5+ years of FPGA/ASIC development or embedded software development for aerospace applications.
- Membership in the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ).
Mandatory Technical Skills
- Airborne software certification: RTCA DO-178B/C, DO-248B/C, DO-330.
- Airborne electronic hardware certification: DO-254.
- Regulatory guidance: EASA CM-SWCEH-001/002, FAA AC 20-115D, AC 20-152A, FAA Orders 8110.49A and 8110.105A.
- Programming languages: C, C++, Ada95, Assembly, Python.
- Hardware description languages: Experience with multiple HDLs.
- Requirements management: DOORS, JAMA.
- Embedded computer architectures, operating systems, and real-time executives.
- Civil aircraft certification and airworthiness authority experience.
