Embedded Software V&V Engineer

  • Pertemps
  • Stevenage, Hertfordshire
  • Dec 14, 2025
Full time I.T. & Communications

Job Description

Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer

Embedded Systems Defence Technology High-Impact Engineering

Join a growing V&V team supporting multiple cutting edge defence programmes. You'll help qualify components across a range of advanced embedded systems, ensuring they perform safely, reliably, and to exacting standards. This hands on role puts you at the centre of real technical challenges with the chance to influence next generation products.

Your Day to Day
  • Create structured test cases from requirements
  • Execute and document V&V test campaigns
  • Analyse results and provide clear feedback
  • Assess requirement testability and coverage
  • Carry out timing tests, code path analysis & focused code reviews
  • Work in small V&V teams (2-3) embedded within larger engineering groups
  • Use lab equipment including scopes, COTS tools, Rapita, LDRA & in house test rigs
  • Work with embedded platforms, RTOS and safety critical systems
  • Use Python and proprietary tools for scripting, data injection & analysis
Your experience will cover:
  • Strong V&V experience in an embedded software environment
  • Ability to turn requirements into robust test cases
  • Hands on experience with electro mechanical embedded systems
  • Good understanding of the software engineering lifecycle
  • Python scripting skills
  • C code level understanding (highly desirable); Ada a bonus
Desirable
  • Safety critical experience
  • Knowledge of DefStan , DO 178C, DO 330
  • Embedded development (C/C++/Ada)
  • RTOS knowledge
  • Experience with DOORS, EWM, LDRA, Rhapsody, Rapita
Why
  • Varied, meaningful work across multiple product lines
  • Major exposure to real engineering challenges
  • Strong training, development & career progression
  • Collaborative environment with real influence on design
  • Direct contribution to next generation defence systems

If you want a technically challenging, high impact V&V role with genuine progression, this is the one.

If you are interested please apply ASAP. The People Network is an employment agency and will respond to all applicants within three - five working days. If you do not hear within these timescales please feel free to get in touch.