V&V Architect @ Alstom Transportation

The Selected candidate will work with a highly motivated team involved in development of complex embedded solutions. The candidate will join with our Bangalore development center and will be part of Global Product Automation & Validationteam in Bangalore

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

• Test Software module design and code based on the Software Architecture design
• Prepare Software Module integration test description and execute test reports
• Prepare requirement based test cases, execute them and create test reports
• Peer review and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Mentor team member
• 100% Reporting of CONQ

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Test and prove the SW modules as per their SIL levels
• Applies SW processes & standards required for SW testing Modal, CMMI
• Contribute to the elaboration of SW specification & architecture, in collaboration with the SW architect
• Realizes testing of SW modules :

Resolve testing issues

Prepares test cases and performs SW V&V deliverables depending on Safety Integrity Level and associated Product development organization.

Puts the files under configuration management

• Keeps a strong link with the Tech Lead, HW designer and RAMS departments, through the whole SW design cycle
• Support PM for resource & schedule management; ensuring monthly updates reflecting the program data.
• Consolidate design issues and propose definitive solution
• SW module Integration and functional testing
• Guide the newcomers during development to achieve the QCD

Qualifications & Skills:

EDUCATION
Bachelor/Post Graduate in Engineering IT, CS, ECE & EEE or Equivalent

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES:
Demonstrate excellent communication skills and able to guide, influence and convince others in a matrix organization

Be Innovative and demonstrate to peers and implement in creation of Reference Libraries, reusable codes, and model based developments

Demonstrate excellent communication skills and able to guide, influence and convince others in a matrix organization.

Team Player with prior experience in working with European customer is not mandatory but preferable.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE
11 - 15 Years experience.

Proven Ability to test SW modules as per their SIL levels

Good knowledge in SW Module/functional and integration testing

Good knowledge of testing techniques like black box, white box, Equivalence class, boundary value analysis, Robustness analysis

Good Knowledge on creating stubs, drivers and executing them on Host & target environments

Good knowledge on testing tools like RTRT and creation/setting up of TDP

Experience in Embedded/RTOS applications, Real Time Application development/ tools industry standard/proprietary protocols

Good knowledge of C / Ada and their related development IDE

Good knowledge of Static analysis tools like QAC, AdaControl, SPLint, Understand for C/Ada, etc

Good knowledge of Software design methodologies like SADT, OOPS and SW processes

Good knowledge of techniques like flow charting, block diagraming, data modelling, Unified modelling, Modelling techniques (UML,SysML,Matlab...)

Good knowledge of Source code walkthrough & code coverage

Good Knowledge of source code configuration management tools like Clearcase, Synergy, CVS etc

Understanding of regression analysis

Knowledge of the domain like networking, embedded is required

Knowledge in one of the Transport Domains (ATS/IXL/ATC/..)

knowledge of aerospace or cenelec standards like Do178, 50128 is must

Ability to peer review and provide constructive feedback to team members

Ability to mentor the team members

Ability to work in a fast-paced team.

Patience to repeat the same test multiple times

SKILLS:

Programming: C / Ada

RTRT / VectorCast

RT OS -Linux, VX Works, QNX

Protocols TCP/IP, CAN

Standards: CENELEC SIL4 / DO178A / DO178B