Verification & Validation Engineer

Posting Date: 4 Jun 2025

City: Roma

Location:

Roma, IT, 131

Contract Type: Permanent

Division: Digital Technology and Cybersecurity

Level of experience: Intermediate

RINA is currently recruiting for a Verification & Validation Engineer to join its office in Roma within the Digital Technology and Cybersecurity Division.

Mission

The Verification & Validation Engineer focuses on ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products through rigorous testing and verification activities. You will work closely with software developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to develop test plans, and execute test cases to validate software functionality and performance. The ideal candidate has a good background in software verification and testing methodologies, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions.

Key Accountabilities

Test Planning and Strategy:
- Develop detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on requirements and design specifications.
Testing Execution:
- Execute functional, regression, performance, and system integration tests.
- Conduct manual and automated testing to ensure software quality and reliability.
- Identify, analyze, and document defects and inconsistencies in software behavior.
Verification Activities:
- Verify software requirements and design and ensure they are implemented correctly.
- Conduct static code analysis and review to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
- Conduct dynamic analysis (timing and performance) to ensure execution timing requirements satisfaction
Validation Activities:
- Validate software functionality against defined SW requirements, user needs and intended use cases.
- Perform usability testing and ensure user interface consistency and intuitiveness.
Documentation:
- Prepare and maintain test documentation, including test plans, test reports, and test summaries.
- Document and communicate test results to stakeholders.
Continuous Improvement:
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency in the software testing lifecycle.
- Recommend and implement improvements to testing methodologies, tools, and techniques.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Collaborate with software developers and cross-functional teams to resolve issues and verify bug fixes.
- Communicate testing progress, results, and risks to project stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering or Computer Engineering

Qualifications

- Excellent knowledge of the processes of V&V
- Experience and autonomy in managing the validation of a software system (from writing unit tests to drafting requirements validation procedures)
- Excellent knowledge of writing unit tests or software integration tests
- Excellent skills in writing test procedures
- Knowledge of the MIL-498 standard (specifically drafting documents such as STP, STD, STR)
- Good knowledge of one of the programming language among C++, Java, Python
- Aptitude to work in team and problem solving
- Good knowledge of English language (read, write, speak)

Competencies

ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future

RINA is a multinational company providing a wide range of services in the energy, marine, certification, infrastructure & mobility, industry, research & development sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99.