Principal Software Assurance Practitioner

As a Principal Software Assurance Practitioner you will be part of a team providing an Independent Technical Assessment of the software of safety critical aircraft systems, leading the assessment of third party software for safety and conformance to standards.

Day-to-day, you'll carry out Independent Technical Evaluation on Aircraft populating an argument for software safety under a goal structure consisting at the highest level.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Establishing that the software is targeted to be developed to a known software standard
• Establishing that process has been followed and the software development and verification process is established and meeting the correct standards
• Evaluating any changes down to the source code level which is written in SPARK Ada and the reviewing of the associated Spark Analysis
• Providing assessment in a format suitable to the project and interface with QinetiQ systems and safety subject matter experts
• Raising any recommendations to be deliver to the customer

• Strong knowledge of aircraft software development and of the recognised software development standards
• Extensive experience of Safety Critical Software development and safety engineering concepts
• Experience working as an Independent Technical Evaluator activity in a similar environment
• Extensive experience working as a software engineer in a Safety Critical environment

Essential qualifications for the Principal Software Assurance Practitioner:

• A Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent) or relevant technical experience

We value difference and we don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at either our Malvern, Boscombe Down, Farnborough or Bristol site. Hybrid working patterns are available.

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels value, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

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