Senior Verification and Validation Lead Engineer
Airbus Defence and Space
Date: 2 hours ago
City: Riyadh
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
The role reports to the Head of Engineering (Chief Engineer) and is responsible for the system verification and validation of a large security system after its deployment. This includes the acceptance process with the customer. The role is based in Riyadh, but frequent travel to locations in Saudi Arabia is required. Occasional international travel is also expected.
Person Specifications
The successful candidate shall hold the following required qualifications and should be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
Company
Airbus Defence and Space Saudi Limited
Employment Type
Fixed term
Experience Level
Professional
Job Family
Sub-system development
By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [email protected].
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
The role reports to the Head of Engineering (Chief Engineer) and is responsible for the system verification and validation of a large security system after its deployment. This includes the acceptance process with the customer. The role is based in Riyadh, but frequent travel to locations in Saudi Arabia is required. Occasional international travel is also expected.
Person Specifications
The successful candidate shall hold the following required qualifications and should be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master degree in Electrical Engineering / Information Technology or related field
- 10+ years of Experience in the Verification and Validation (V&V) of systems and familiar with the applicable INCOSE and international system engineering standards
- Ability to educate other V&V engineers hands-on, in theory and practice, and improve individual V&V skills
- Experience in the writing of test procedures and test reports
- Experience in the detailed planning of work and deliverables
- Experience with IT based systems
- Ability to work in a customer-oriented environment and within the cultural environment of Saudi Arabia
- Analytical thinking and Strong engineering mindset
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Strong listening skills (to understand customer requirements)
- Strong service orientation and on-time delivery focus
- Cost, Quality and Time sensitiveness
- Act as Team player and being cooperative
- Used to work solution oriented
- Flexible (willingness to travel to remote sensor sites)
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills; ability to effectively explain complex technical concepts
- Experience with IT/COMs Systems
- Realization / Knowledge of the SCADA SYSTEM and NMS SYSTEM
- Essential to be fluent in written and spoken English
- Desirable to be able to communicate in Arabic
- PMP, ISAQB and / or ISTQB certification
- Have a strong engineering background working on large integration projects
- Experience in working with direct interface to the customer
- Have worked with a broad range of information technology systems e.g. Networking, Storage, Server, Virtualization, System/Network administration etc.
- Detailed experience in relevant Information Technology and communication solutions.
- Driving license
- Education and development of other V&V engineers to extend domain knowledge and deepness of understanding
- Realisation of L2 (system) and L3 (software) requirements into valid test cases / test procedures for conduction of system integration
- Realisation of equipment integration requirements into valid test cases/test procedures for conduction of equipment integration tests
- Execution of test procedures at testing facilities (system integration lab) and delivery sites and evaluation of test results
- Preparation of test documentation (test procedures, problem reports, test reports) during test campaigns and conduction of reviews for test documentation
- Perform the verification and validation activities at system level for system/ customer releases, dedicated test campaigns like load, stress, performance tests
- Use different tools and methods for all kind of V&V tasks like DOORS, Jira, Quality Center, Jenkins, Python, Powershell, Batchfiles and Javascript
- Problem reporting, including the collection of material to support root-cause analysis
- Track bugs and perform retesting of fixed issues, interacting very close with the involved development team
- Play an active role in terms of verification inside development teams and drive the verification and release of software releases or features
- Act self-sustained and as a team player
Company
Airbus Defence and Space Saudi Limited
Employment Type
Fixed term
Experience Level
Professional
Job Family
Sub-system development
By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [email protected].
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
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