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Lead Software Test Engineer, Safety Critical Embedded Systems

Forterra · Clarksburg, MD · On-site

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About Forterra

About Forterra At Forterra, we are unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield. Backed by SoftBank VF.

About the role

Forterra is looking for a Lead Software Test Engineer to establish and run verification and validation for the safety critical embedded software used on our autonomous ground vehicles. This is initially an individual contributor role. You will set the software test approach, build the automation and test environments, execute the work, and maintain the evidence needed for customer and safety reviews. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Set the verification and validation approach for safety critical embedded software from kickoff through qualification, including the test plan, test procedures, results, and reports
  • Turn system, software, and safety related requirements into practical tests with objective pass or fail criteria
  • Maintain traceability between requirements, tests, results, and anomalies
  • Build and maintain automated test frameworks for embedded software, including software in the loop and hardware in the loop environments
  • Exercise failure behavior through fault injection, timing and jitter tests, communications failures, memory faults, power and clock faults, negative tests, boundary tests, and stress tests
  • Use static analysis, dynamic analysis, and coverage results to find gaps and help the team close them
More about this role

About the role

Forterra is looking for a Lead Software Test Engineer to establish and run verification and validation for the safety critical embedded software used on our autonomous ground vehicles. This is initially an individual contributor role. You will set the software test approach, build the automation and test environments, execute the work, and maintain the evidence needed for customer and safety reviews. You will work closely with software, systems, and safety engineers to find problems early and make sure the software behaves correctly when things go wrong. As the capability grows, the role may develop into a technical lead for a small test team

Someone who can build a practical software test capability from the ground up and is comfortable working directly in the code, test environments, and evidence. This person should be able to work across software, systems, and safety engineering while staying focused on finding meaningful failures and making the product more dependable

What you'll do

  • Set the verification and validation approach for safety critical embedded software from kickoff through qualification, including the test plan, test procedures, results, and...

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