Systems Engineer; Software Security Clearance

Position: Systems Engineer (Software) with Security Clearance
Role Summary
Lead DO-178C documentation planning, development, and compliance
execution for embedded software supporting multi-discipline aerospace and
defense training systems. Collaborate with Software Engineering, Hardware
Engineering, Quality Assurance, Test, and Program Management to ensure
robust requirements, design assurance, verification, traceability, configuration
management, and certification readiness in alignment with DO-178C and
related aerospace/defense standards.

Key Responsibilities
DO-178C Compliance Leadership ●​ Lead the creation, maintenance, and integrity of DO-178C lifecycle data, ensuring completeness, consistency, and audit readiness. ●​ Define and maintain the overall compliance strategy, including planning artifacts, standards alignment, review gates, and objective evidence collection. ●​ Own and drive full traceability across: ○​ High-level requirements ○​ Low-level requirements ○​ Design ○​ Source code ○​ Verification results ●​ Establish and enforce documentation quality standards, including formatting, review checklists, objective evidence expectations, and independence criteria where applicable.

Documentation & Lifecycle Data Development ●​ Author, review, and maintain DO-178C lifecycle deliverables appropriate to program scope and software level, including but not limited to: ○​ Plan for Software Aspects of Certification (PSAC), as applicable ○​ Software Development Plan (SDP) ○​ Software Verification Plan (SVP) ○​ Software Configuration Management Plan (SCMP) ○​ Software Quality Assurance Plan (SQAP) ●​ Develop and manage software requirements and design artifacts (e.g., HRS, SRS, SDD or equivalent).

●​ Produce and maintain verification procedures, verification results, traceability matrices, and problem reports. ●​ Prepare and support Stage of Involvement (SOI) readiness packages and audit support artifacts. , ●​ Coordinate cross-functional reviews with Systems, Software, Test, and Quality teams and drive issue resolution to closure. Verification & Evidence Readiness ●​ Partner with Test and Verification teams to ensure test cases and procedures satisfy DO-178C objectives, including requirements-based testing and applicable structural coverage requirements.

●​ Ensure test results, tool outputs, review records, approvals, and logs are captured and maintained as compliant objective evidence. Cross-Functional Program Support ●​ Support program execution activities including schedule development, certification milestones, risk management, and customer engagement. ●​ Participate in technical interchange meetings and audits, presenting compliance status, identified gaps, and closure plans to internal stakeholders and external reviewers.