Verification Engineer

Job Description

About the Job

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Industry: Electric Aviation / Advanced Air Mobility

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Location: Vermont

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This role sits within the Fly-by-Wire Flight Control team at a pioneering electric aviation company developing aircraft and charging infrastructure from the ground up. The organisation is working across the full development lifecycle, from early-stage design through to certification and production, with a clear mission to decarbonise aviation.

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The Verification Engineer will play a hands-on role in ensuring the flight control system and its integration with key subsystems meets the rigorous safety and performance standards required for certification. This is a technically demanding position suited to engineers who thrive in a lab environment, take pride in test rigour, and want their work to have a direct impact on flight safety and programme progression.

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Responsibilities:

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• Execute, automate, and analyse verification testing for the aircraft flight control system and related subsystems including inceptors, flight control computers, GNC algorithms, propulsion motors, batteries, and actuators
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• Run tests across SiL, HiL, bench, and integrated system rig environments, including combined flight control, battery, and electric propulsion configurations
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• Author test cases, procedures, and scripts with clearly defined pass/fail criteria, maintaining full traceability to system and software requirements
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• Collaborate with system architects and discipline engineers to refine test plans, review results, and resolve discrepancies
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• Improve lab repeatability and rigour through better procedure development, results recording, and hardware/software configuration control
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• Plan and execute test campaigns, producing clear reports, dashboards, and coverage summaries to communicate status and risk
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• Support lab equipment setup, maintenance, and organisation, ensuring a safe and productive test environment
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• Build and maintain data acquisition and visualisation pipelines to accelerate analysis and decision making
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• Automate test execution and regression suites, contributing to continuous integration and test infrastructure
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• Document lab tools, instruments, and user guidelines, and support onboarding of new lab users
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• Participate in issue triage and root-cause investigations, tracking defects through to closure with engineering owners
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Required Experience & Skills:

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• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field
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• 2+ years of experience in verification and test within control systems, avionics, automotive, robotics, or other safety-critical domains — strong graduates with relevant project or internship experience are encouraged to apply
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• Hands-on experience executing tests in HiL/SiL or similar environments working with integrated electromechanical systems
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• Strong test development and planning skills including writing test cases and procedures, defining data collection logic, and generating reports
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• Working knowledge of requirements traceability, configuration management, and defect tracking
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• Proficiency in scripting and data analysis, particularly Python
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• Familiarity with aerospace safety practices such as ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO-178C, and DO-254
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• Practical lab skills with a safety-first mindset and strong attention to detail
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• Clear communication and collaboration skills in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment
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Desirable / Additional Qualifications:

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• Experience with Polarion ALM for requirements and test management
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• Hands-on experience with dSPACE, Speedgoat HiL, NI VeriStand, or LabVIEW platforms
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• Exposure to flight test support, instrumentation, or post-flight data analysis
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• Familiarity with CAN, Ethernet, and common avionics or industrial interfaces
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• Experience with DAQ hardware and associated data pipelines
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• MATLAB/Simulink experience for modelling and analysis
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