Graduate Verification & Validation Engineer

The Airspace Mobility Solutions (AMS) business, part of the Global Business Unit Land and Air Systems, is providing leading edge Air Traffic Management (ATM), Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM), Security and Digital Aviation solutions for the Commercial and Defence sectors.

The AMS business manages 11% of the world’s airspace and with revenues of over 500 million Euros worldwide, is the global market leader in airspace management solutions. In Singapore, the business focus is the delivery and support of two key ATM solutions including TopSKY-ATC(HE) and LORADS-III.

This role is within the Systems Engineering Discipline which supports and enables mobility between projects to meet the needs of the AMS business.

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

As a Graduate Verification &
Validation Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting the integration, verification, and validation activities of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system and software to ensure they meet specified requirements and standards. You will work under the guidance of senior engineers and be involved in integrating and troubleshooting system issues to ensure the various components are working seamlessly together and verifying and validating the system to ensure product requirements are satisfied.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Graduate Verification &
Validation Engineer, you will:

• Participate in requirements analysis to ensure requirements are unambiguous and verifiable
  
• Assist in the setup of test environments to facilitate the integration, testing and acceptance activities required by the program.
  
• Contribute to successfully integrate and verify incremental software releases for systems and/or subsystems, in accordance with the schedule set by the Technical Leads and WPM
  
• Contribute to testing activities across multiple platforms (regression, interface, simulation scenarios and test tools) to support project milestones and deadlines
  
• Able to analyse System/Subsystem technical and functional issues, ensuring they are identified early, captured fully and logged according to internal processes.
  
• Collaborate with System, Software and Infrastructure teams to ensure that the integration activities are in line with the design and specifications
  
• Identify, document, and track defects, and work with development teams to resolve issues.
  
• Prepare and maintain documentation related to IVV activities, including test plans, procedure and reports.
  
• Produce scripts in order to automate system administration tasks.
  
• Implement test &
  measuring tools used for system performance, loading and response-time assessment
  
• Following Thales processes and practices and contribute to their improvement
  

KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic/Mechatronic Engineering, Computer Science/ Engineering, IT or similar
  
• A passion for aviation/aerospace
  

Desirable Skills

• Ability to understand the structure of and troubleshoot Virtualisation Platforms/Operating Systems (Clients/Servers)
  

1. Linux/Unix Operating Systems, SNMP Services, RSYSLOG
   
2. Windows Operating systems
   
3. VMWare
   

• Scripting:
  Python, Shell, Perl, Bash, XML
  
• DevOps and Automation Tools:
  Ansible, Jenkins
  
• Configuration Management:
  GIT (Bitbucket), JIRA
  
• Cybersecurity:
  LDAP, AD, PKI
  
• Network Protocols and technologies:
  SNMP, UDP, TCP, IP
  
• Debugging tools e.G. Wireshark
  
• Infrastructure monitoring tools
  
• Programming Languages:
  Java, C++
  
• Knowledge of networks and network configuration / exposure to distributed systems
  

GENERAL

• Aptitude to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary integrated team environment with colleagues based in remote sites or other countries.
  
• A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills.
  
• Ability to effectively communicate complex engineering issues and concepts both verbally and written - tailored appropriately for the stakeholder
  
• Assist in ensuring a harmonious work environment in all departments that you are working with by upholding Thales' key values.
  
• An advocate for diversity and inclusion who will be actively involved in implementing change initiatives to achieve our diversity goals
  
• An advocate for a culture of continuous improvement
  
• An advocate for Accountability, transparency and curiosity
  
• Comply with all relevant company Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental policies and framework and work practices with the intent of preventing or minimising accidental exposures to self, colleagues, visitors and/or the environment and to ensure a safe work practices at all times.
  
• Comply with all relevant Company policies and procedures.
  

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Be eligible for Security Clearance from the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs (CAT2)
  
• Occasional international travel may be required