Verification & Validation Engineer

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• Annual Bonus + Free Private Medical Insurance
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• Modernised Paid Parental Leave
• Veterans Leave
• Novated Lease options
• Family support through our partnership with Parents at Work
• Personal & professional training development opportunities
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From take-off to landing, Thales offers the most complete range of solutions to provide dynamic Air Traffic Services to support today's growing domestic and international travel requirements. Utilising this knowledge and experience Thales Australia will deliver a harmonised Civil/Military Air Traffic Management System (OneSKY) in Australia to Airservices Australia and Defence. 

This will enable a new level of safety and efficiency, while also reducing delays for the travelling public and providing opportunities to improve environmental outcomes. OneSKY will transform Australia's sky and we are proud to be partners in its delivery.

Your role

We  have  a  need  for  a  Verification  and  Validation  Engineer  for  one  of  the  key  CMATS  subsystems, TopSKY, which provides the core Air Traffic Management functionality of CMATS.

In  this  role  you  will  work  in  an  international  multidisciplinary  team  focused  on  the  Verification  and Validation of the TopSKY subsystem in order to confirm compliance to requirements and the fitness for purpose  in  accordance  with  Operational  Scenarios.   

This position is based in our office in Melbourne CBD.

Some responsibilities include:

• Verification of the solution to confirm the system's compliance to the Functional Baseline requirements
• Validation of the solution to confirm the system's fitness for purpose in accordance with the Operational Concepts.
• To contribute in System Requirement Analysis activities to confirm requirements are testable and allocate a Verification Method(s) and Verification Phase(s), documented in the Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM).
• The conduct of the verification and validation tests in accordance with the Project Plan(s) and Project Schedule at the program's relevant location (Thales 'premises, supplier premises and/or customer premises)
• The conduct of verification and validation tests during formal testing activities Acceptance Verification and Validation (AV&V) with the Customer.

On day one you will come with

• Test Engineering / Test Analyst experience of large, complex, real time software based systems (5+ years)
• Experience in Air Traffic Management Verification and Validation Scenario design and execution
• ATM experience in the following areas would be highly regarded: Airspace, Coordination, ATM HMI, Interpartition, Adaptation/Configuration
• Experience with Air Traffic Management standards eg. ICAO, Eurocontrol, AID
• Application of domain knowledge to high value complex design, development and integration projects.
• Proven experience in conducting objective reviews of verification and validation artefacts

A Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain an appropriate clearance.

Additional information with regards to clearances is available from the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency website In some cases, individuals who hold a current clearance from a foreign government may be eligible to have this clearance recognised by the Australian Government and be eligible for this role.The Australian Defence Trade Controls Act (DTCA) is applicable and as such, your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role.

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