Safety Critical Software Engineer - DO178

MANNARINO Systems & Software Inc. is a leader in providing safety-critical systems, software, hardware and certification engineering services to the aerospace, defense, space, simulation & power generation industries.

Our customer base is very large, covering traditional aerospace companies as well as new and exciting markets, including electric propulsion, Urban Air Mobility, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and autonomous flight.

The MANNARINO culture is focused on high quality, hard work, professionalism and teamwork within a highly respectful, motivating atmosphere geared towards long-term business growth.

As a member of our team, you will benefit from:

• a comprehensive group insurance and RRSP plan
• a flextime policy with paid overtime
• discretionary bonuses
• a fitness reimbursement program
• other office perks such as catered weekly lunches and free hot beverages (espresso, coffee, hot chocolate and tea)
• regular company outings

Career Opportunity and Primary Roles / Responsibilities

We are seeking a Safety Critical Software Engineer to support the design, development and certification of airborne embedded safety critical software. This role demands a high level of expertise in software engineering principles, with a particular emphasis on reliability, security, and performance due to the critical nature of the systems involved. Familiarity with safety standards, such as ISO-26262, IEC-61508, DO-178, DO-278 or MIL-STD-882 and MISRA C/C++ standards is essential. As well as interfacing with customer and other team members the candidate must be able to work independently and have excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Design, development and test of safety-critical software complying with applicable standards and focus on software architectures that are robust, reliable and fault-tolerant.
• Provide domain expertise and contributions to a team of safety software engineers.
• Software development activities such as sprint planning, task delegation, roadmap refinement and identifying markers of success.
• Collaborate with engineers from other cross-functional groups such as systems, safety and test to ensure product and program level needs are met.
• Develop software throughout the development cycle, from collecting feature requests to their final delivery via thorough testing and verification activities.
• Develop safety critical embedded software in C/C++ or model-based safety certifiable development tools for use on controllers running an RTOS.
• Development of software safety artifacts and required documentation to provide evidence of rigor in accordance with relevant standards.
• Ensure that software requirements are clearly defined, implemented and traceable to system and safety requirements.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for software requirements, architecture and design decisions to ensure compliance with safety software development processes.
• Participate in safety assessments, analyses and review of work products created by other functional groups that affect safety software features.

Required Competencies

• MSc or BSc degree in electrical engineering, computer science or equivalent
• Proven experience in embedded software development:
  • Good knowledge of the C programming language
  • Good knowledge of HW/SW Interface (familiar with serial communication buses such as I2C, SPI, UART…. ), debugging, verification and testing
  • Familiar with common microcontroller architectures (Arm, PowerPC…..)
• Experience with real-time software development
• Experience in functional safety (RTCA, DO-178, DO-254, EN 50128, IEC 62304. ISO 26262 ) or similar standards
• Good documentation and communication skills
• Software development methodologies (Agile, SW testing, CI/CD etc.) and SCM (Gitlab, Git, SVN etc.)
• Team player with the ability to work independently and a can-do attitude

Miscellaneous Requirements

• Work can be done remotely. 
• For employees based in Montreal, the work model is hybrid (at least one day at the office). 
• The position might require travel to visit customers (in North America)

Knowledge of English is required to communicate and work with customers outside the province of Quebec. / La connaissance de l'anglais est requise pour communiquer et travailler avec nos clients situés à l'extérieur de la province de Québec.

At MANNARINO, we believe that passion and a desire to learn is crucial. Diversity of thought and experie