IV&V Engineer (FPGA)

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Purpose of Position

Perform Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) activities in support of nuclear power plant safety system projects involving Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) as part of the platform and application development. 

 

These activities include:

• Review of system and board level requirements and design specifications, and verify the software requirements/design meet user needs. 
• Verify safety system software through code reviews and validate through unit or module level testing.
• Write test procedures and execute tests.
• Verify requirement decomposition from system design to software requirements/design through review of RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix).
• Document anomalies and track their resolutions.
• Create verification reports and test reports, and provide input to the IV&V Technical Lead to be captured in the IV&V summary reports.

 

Major Responsibilities

• Complete assigned IV&V tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
• Work closely with the IV&V technical leads and design engineers to investigate and document any anomalies, inconsistencies, and inaccuracies in the software documentation and code.
• Provide feedback to safety system project management.
• Collect metrics and provide status on project health, identify recurring issues.
• Interface with system test engineers to ensure test coverage across module, unit, and system test planning.
• Support internal and external inspections and audits that are conducted time to time by the quality assurance organization, customers or regulators.

 

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Minimum of BS degree in Engineering or related field
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in related field (software development, software quality assurance, or V&V, preferably in regulated industries)
• Experience with Object Oriented Programming methodologies and techniques
• FPGA design and verification experience
• Verilog or VHDL RTL coding
• RTL simulation and/or design experience
• System Verilog coding skill is a strong plus
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Perl is a plus 
• Good knowledge of computer architecture
• Excellent analytical and debugging skills
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills