Job Description:

Leonardo is an international industrial group, among the main global realities in Aerospace, Defense and Security that creates multi-domain technological capabilities in Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cyber Security and Space. With over 60,000 employees worldwide, the company has a solid industrial presence in Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, the United States, and operates in 150 countries also through controlled companies, joint ventures and shareholdings. Protagonist of the main strategic programs at a global level, it is a technological and industrial partner of Governments, Defense Administrations, Institutions and companies.

Leonardo is one of the strategic industrial partners of the GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme), together with the British BAE Systems and the Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, aimed at the development and creation of a new generation aerial system, defined as a “system of systems”. Employed for multi-domain operations in the defense sector, the system will be characterized by a “core platform” connected with other peripheral “adjuncts” systems, both manned and unmanned.

The program, among the most challenging and futuristic for the aerospace and defense industry, will guide the technological revolution that will characterize the sector in the next fifty years. A challenge aimed at strengthening the technological and industrial sovereignty of the countries involved, because it aims to identify and make available those innovative technologies, called enabling technologies, which will ensure the generational leap, generating positive returns and economic and social progress for the entire country system, for the benefit of new generations.

The resources who will work within this program will have the opportunity to access a professional growth path in an international and technologically advanced context.

Within the area General Systems & Air Vehicle SW we are looking for a Software Engineer – AI & Neural Networks Certification for our Turin site.

Main Activities:

The resource will be included within the operational unit General Systems & Air Vehicle SW of the Aircraft Division and will contribute to the activities within the software discipline, with particular reference to the selection, application, automation and qualification of development and verification toolchains aimed at the certification of neural networks in the safety-critical software field.

In particular, the resource will deal with:

• Monitor and share with the team the evolution of regulations, standards and guidelines applicable to the use of neural networks in the aeronautical and defense fields, including AI Act, EASA AI Roadmap, EASA CoDANN, EuroCAE (e.g. ED-76B), ISO/IEC TR 5469 and further applicable regulatory references.

• Support the Team Leader in the definition of hybrid control architectures, integrating decision logics and redundant systems based on consolidated approaches with statistical calculation models based on neural networks. The resource will contribute to the definition of solutions characterized by high modularity, scalability and interchangeability, capable of supporting Agile approaches and effectively responding to different customer needs. Particular attention will be paid to the definition of the Operational Design Domain (ODD) and its codomain, as well as to the development of validation systems and strategies based, where applicable, on formal methods.

• Analyze system specifications (e.g. Functional Requirements Document) in order to define implementation and verification strategies for both traditional software and artificial intelligence-based solutions, identifying, selecting and, where necessary, configuring or developing the most appropriate toolchain for each module.

• Define software specifications (e.g. Software Requirements Specification), architectures, design and implementation, integrating the necessary solutions for the automation of test cases and procedures, with the aim of maximizing efficiency in the development and execution phases of Requirement Based Tests (RBT).

• Design and implement automations for the execution of RBTs, distributing verification activities between simulators in a host environment and real platforms. The resource will use debug and trace systems, including emulators connected via JTAG or trace port, exploiting the potential offered by virtualization and hardware/software-in-the-loop techniques.

• Design and execute software compatibility and adequacy checks with respect to the target platform, with particular attention to the evaluation of performance and available resources, such as CPU load, timing, Stack, RAM and ROM.

• Contribute to the analysis and resolution of technical problems encountered during development and verification activities, also participating in the management of related configuration changes.

• Collaborate with other company departments involved in the product development, qualification and certification cycle, including System Engineering, Software Quality, Software Configuration, Software Certification, Software Safety, Airworthiness and Verification & Validation (V&V), contributing to the achievement of product qualification and certifiability objectives.

Educational qualification:

• Master's degree in Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics.

Required experience level:

Junior

Technical skills:

• Knowledge of neural networks (design, training, validation and testing).

• Knowledge of programming languages and portability standards (e.g. ONNX).

• Knowledge of compilation and debug environments for microcontrollers.

• Knowledge of modeling languages such as SySML/UML is opportune.

• Knowledge of modeling tools belonging to the Mathworks suite is opportune.

Behavioral skills:

• Proactivity, strong interpersonal skills and aptitude for collaboration and interface with stakeholders from different company functions.

• Ability to problem analysis and problem solving.

• Ability to work in dynamic contexts characterized by high technical complexity.

Language skills:

• Good knowledge of English.

IT skills:

• Programming languages.

• Interoperability, compilation systems, debug.

Other (e.g. Availability for travel/Specific certifications required….):

• Availability for national and international travel.

Seniority:

Junior

Primary Location:

IT - Turin - C.so Francia

Additional Locations:

IT - Venegono Superiore

Contract Type:

Permanent

Total Base Pay Range:

€32,731.92 - €43,000

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid