IV&V Technical Lead

at  Westinghouse Electric Co

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 8 years of related work experience (preferably in regulated industries)
• Minimum of BS degree in Engineering or related field
• Working knowledge of software development preferably using C/C++
• Working knowledge of V&V standards and regulations
• Project Management skills are required (schedule, budget, risk)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, and MS Project or P6
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Questioning attitude

PURPOSE OF POSITION

Provide technical and administrative oversight to the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) activities in support of delivering safety system software certified for use in nuclear power plants. These activities include:

• Work with the IV&V Manager to monitor the health of the IV&V scope of the projects.
• Develop and maintain the IV&V schedule, budget, and task assignments.
• Interface with the program managers and provide IV&V input and status.
• Technically savvy to understand the I&C safety system functional, system, and software design, and allocate necessary tasks to IV&V engineers in compliance with IV&V processes and applicable standards and regulations.
• Mentor and supervise IV&V Engineers in matters related to the IV&V process and their work products.
• Support IV&V Manager with continuous improvement initiatives related to the IV&V operation, tasks, tools and methods.
• Ensure flawless execution of IV&V scope of work with required safety, quality, and compliance criteria.
• Create V&V Plans, verification reports, test reports, and summary reports.
• Represent IV&V before internal quality audits or external regulatory inspections.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure completion of IV&V tasks in a timely and efficient manner for entire IV&V organization.
• Provide technical guidance to other IV&V personnel, including the preparation of Task Assignments identifying objectives and approach.
• Coordinate, with the System Test organization, the test plan execution and ensure that all testing activities have been performed per the defined process requirements.
• Provide feedback to safety system project management.
• Collect metrics and provide status on technical and project execution health on projects undertaken, identify recurring issues and risks.
• Develop status reports for project execution (e.g., spending, schedule adherence) for monitoring progress.
• Support system test engineers to validate the system requirements fulfillment with necessary IV&V evidence.
• Support internal and external inspections and audits by the quality assurance organization, customers or regulators.