Software IV&V Lead

About Us

STARK is a new kind of defence technology company revolutionising the way autonomous systems are deployed across multiple domains.

About the team

Our team leads the independent validation and verification of complex software systems, bridging the gap between rigorous architectural requirements and deployed capabilities.

Your mission

As the Software IVV Lead, you will act as the independent software testing and verification authority, ensuring that the standards defined by our architecture are measurably adhered to, rigorously tested, and successfully audited. You will own the strategy, infrastructure, and execution of software validation and verification.

Responsibilities

• Define the Test Strategy: Establish and enforce the overarching software testing frameworks and QA processes (based on ISTQB).
• Manage Test Infrastructure & Tooling: Oversee the setup and maintenance of software test environments and test data.
• Oversee V&V Execution: Supervise the validation and verification phases of the V-Model, ensuring rigorous unit, integration, and sub-system-level testing.
• Ensure Requirements Traceability: Deliver transparency in bidirectional traceability between Software Requirements, architectural design, implementation, and testing.
• Govern Defect & Deviation Management.
• Enforce Code Quality: Drive the adoption of strict coding standards (like MISRA for C++) using automated static analysis and code coverage metrics.
• Interface with Configuration Management: Verify compliance with defined SCM processes, auditing baselines, versions, reproducible builds.
• Act as the Quality Gatekeeper: Provide independent quality gate approvals and formal release recommendations.
• Manage Audits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in defining and enforcing software testing frameworks and QA processes based on ISTQB standards.
• Deep expertise in managing the validation and verification (V&V) phases of the V-Model for complex software systems.
• Hands-on experience with automated static analysis tools and enforcing coding standards such as MISRA for C++.
• Strong background in requirements traceability.
• Solid knowledge of Software Configuration Management (SCM) processes.
• Demonstrated capability in defect and deviation management.

If you're interested in building the future of European Defence with us, please send us your CV in English.