MCA BELGIUM, part of the globally operating MCA GROUPE, is a high-tech Engineering & IT consulting company which provides services to key players in the Energy, Mobility, Life Sciences, and Data Solutions industries. Our engineers offer our clients real added value through technical and innovative solutions.

Our internal HR and business teams ensure that our consultants are satisfied with their assignments and with MCA. We provide trainings, we organize consultant events, and we follow up with our consultants during their assignments.

For our clients in the railway sector, we are hiring Verification & Validation Engineers for different R&D projects linked to autonomous trains, signalling, maintenance optimization, and others.

Context

• Prove that the design is fit for its intended use, through implementation and execution of Verification, Integration and Test activities, fitting the targets in terms of Quality, Cost and Delivery
• Detail and perform all the in-house activities in the scope of the V&V team, and coordinate experts delegated in other departments. Cooperate tightly with Test & Commissioning to ensure seamless integration and alignment between in-house and on-site testing activities and results. Coordinate with design teams to share and detail the results of V&V activities
• Agree with the Verification & Validation Manager on strategy, scheduling and budget, and share progress, results and issues during execution
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the definition of the Project Verification and Validation strategy in the V&V Plan, and act proactively for its implementation
• Define verification methodology for selected deliverables, when requested from V&V strategy
• Define test plans and test descriptions for in-house activities.
• Perform and report on allocated verification, integration and test activities
• Write test scenarios and use cases for acceptance of on-board or ground subsystems according to a predefined generic test strategy
• When Safety is involved, share and justify the results with Safety Assurance Manager to feed safety demonstration
• Specify, procure, develop, setup and configure assets such as test benches and instrumentation
• Manage configuration and change management cycle related with V&V activities (simulation configuration, anomaly tracking, etc.)
• Follow-up with T&C for tests exported to site execution
• Set up test bench and test tools
• Perform regression tests after correction of anomalies
• Coach newcomers
  
  

Qualification

• Master Degree
• Relevant experience (systems / sub-systems integration, embedded equipment, electrotechnical product development)
• Good English and French
• Good analytical skill is required
• experience in a highly complex and normative environment (railway signaling, aerospace, defense, nuclear...) would be a major asset
  
  

Benefits Of Being a MCA Consultant

• We offer the visibility and stability of an international group of around 1500 employees on 3 continents. At the same time, we offer the proximity and care of a medium-sized company with our 20 internal employees in our Brussels headquarters. Our Business Managers and HR teams accompany you in your mission and help you build your career.
• Thanks to our large client portfolio of around 30 active clients in Belgium, we can offer a large choice of exciting missions to our consultants.
• As a consultant, you have variety: Once a project has ended, you will start a new project at a new client – without having to change employer.
• As a consultant, you’re accompanied in your career development: we defend your profile and your competences in front of our clients and make sure to get the best conditions and most exciting projects possible.
• We have a candidate-based approach. Our first objective is not simply to reply to our clients’ requests, but to create a match between our candidates and our clients that is beneficial for all
  
  

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in MCA Belgium!