Be the Guardian of Our Code
At The ePlane Company, code that flies is held to the highest standard on Earth. We are seeking a meticulous and highly technical V&V Engineer to be the ultimate guardian of our avionics and flight control software. Your mission is to rigorously verify and validate every line of safety-critical C/C++ code, and to
generate the evidence that proves it is safe
. You will be simulating sensor failures, testing data bus integrity, and validating control law logic in our labs. This role is the critical link between software development and a safe, certifiable aircraft.
About The EPlane Company
The ePlane Company is at the forefront of India's urban air mobility revolution. Incubated at IIT Madras, we are a deep-tech startup dedicated to designing and building the world's most compact electric flying taxi. Our mission is to make door-to-door flying a reality, drastically reducing commute times and decongesting our cities for a cleaner, greener future. We're a passionate team of engineers, designers, and visionaries working on cutting-edge technology, and we're looking for brilliant minds to help us take flight.
Roles And Responsibilities
As a V&V Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the correctness and safety of our most critical software. You will:
- Develop Test Plans: Author and maintain comprehensive V&V plans, test cases, and test procedures for safety-critical avionics and flight control software, based on system requirements derived from standards like ARP4754A.
- Execute Rigorous Testing: Perform low-level (unit/integration) and high-level (system/HIL) testing on our embedded C/C++ code, focusing on flight control laws, sensor fusion logic, data bus management, and redundancy management.
- Automate Testing: Design, write, and maintain robust test scripts (primarily in Python) to automate test execution on our System Integration Lab (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) platforms, simulating real-world flight scenarios and fault injections.
- Generate Certification Evidence: Meticulously document all V&V activities and test results to serve as formal evidence for certification. You will be directly responsible for producing the test artifacts required to comply with DO-178C objectives.
- Perform Coverage Analysis: Be the subject matter expert for Structural Coverage Analysis (SCA), ensuring that our code meets the stringent coverage objectives (e.g., MCDC) required by DO-178C.
- Manage Requirements Traceability: Establish and maintain meticulous traceability between system requirements, software requirements, test cases, and test results using tools like JAMA or DOORS, as required for certification.
- Collaborate & Review: Work closely with software developers to review requirements for testability, understand software architecture, and assist in debugging.
Required Qualifications (Must-Haves)
- Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in Verification & Validation (V&V), Software Quality Assurance (SQA), or Test Engineering for safety-critical embedded systems.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Safety-Critical Standards: Direct, practical experience and a strong working knowledge of DO-178C. You must understand the why behind its V&V objectives. Familiarity with the systems engineering framework of ARP4754A is also required.
- C/C++ Testing: Demonstrable experience writing test cases and procedures to verify and validate real-time embedded software written in C and C++.
- Coding Standards: Strong understanding and practical experience with coding standards such as MISRA C/C++ and the associated testing methodologies to ensure code quality and safety.
- Structural Coverage: Proven experience with Structural Coverage Analysis (SCA) and the tools used to measure it (e.g., LDRA, VectorCAST, GCOV/LCOV). Must understand coverage metrics up to Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MCDC).
- Test Scripting: High proficiency in a scripting language, especially Python, for test automation.
- Test Environments: Hands-on experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and/or System Integration Lab (SIL) test benches.
- Avionics Testing Knowledge: Solid understanding of avionics data buses (ARINC 429, CAN) and experience using bus analysis tools (e.g., Vector CANalyzer, PEAK-System).
Preferred Qualifications (Good-to-Haves)
- An ISTQB certification for software testing
- A Master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Direct experience testing fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control software, actuator control logic, or integrated avionics suites.
- Expertise with specific V&V toolchains such as the LDRA Testbed, VectorCAST, or Parasoft C/C++test.
- Experience with static analysis tools (e.g., Polyspace, Coverity, Klocwork).
- ISTQB certification is an added advantage
- Familiarity with requirements management tools (e.g., JAMA, IBM DOORS).
- Knowledge of Model-Based Development (MBD) and testing (e.g., Simulink Test).
- Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) or other test-based development approaches.
What We Offer
- The opportunity to work on a groundbreaking product that will redefine urban transportation.
- A dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative work environment with a brilliant and passionate team.
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- A culture of innovation where your ideas can directly impact the future of flight.
