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Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service.

It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence.

Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 56 countries and 194 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients.

Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificial intelligence today.

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Must-Have

- Experience should include one or more of the following:
- FAA certification programs
- EASA certification programs
- TCCA certification programs
- Certification projects involving major avionics OEMs

Good-to-Have

- Practical experience in:
- ARINC 653 partitioned operating environments
- AFDX / ARINC 664 networking
- Platform resource management
- System integration and verification
- Certification support activities with FAA and/or EASA





Responsibility of / Expectations from the Role

1
- Define and maintain Open IMA system architectures aligned with aircraft and system-level requirements.
- Develop architecture concepts for hosted applications within partitioned computing environments.
- Allocate aircraft functions across IMA modules while ensuring compliance with safety, performance, and certification requirements.
- Applications
- Operating systems
- Shared platform resources
- Communication services
- Establish architecture principles supporting reusability, scalability, maintainability, and certification.
- Perform system-level trade studies and architecture evaluations.

2
- Define and maintain:
- Functional architectures
- Logical architectures
- Physical architectures
- Support safety-driven architecture decisions derived from:
- FHA
- PSSA
- SSA
- Ensure compliance with:
- ARINC 653
- ARINC 664
- DO-297
- ARP4754A

3

Platform Integration & Configuration

- Lead integration of avionics applications onto Open IMA platforms.
- Configure:
- ARINC 653 partitions
- Scheduling tables
- Health monitoring functions
- Communication channels
- I/O assignments

4
- Perform resource allocation activities:
- Memory allocation
- Network bandwidth allocation
- Support platform integration testing and troubleshooting.
- Analyze integration risks and develop mitigation strategies.

5
- Resolve issues associated with:
- Partition timing
- Resource conflicts
- Inter-partition communication
- Network performance
- Platform startup sequences
- Coordinate platform releases and configuration baselines.

6





Certification & Compliance Activities

- Support certification of Open IMA platforms in accordance with applicable regulations and standards.
- Develop and review certification evidence and compliance artifacts.
- Support certification audits and authority interactions.
- Ensure traceability between:
- Requirements
- Design
- Verification activities

7
- Support planning and execution of certification reviews.
- Contribute to compliance demonstrations for:
- FAA
- EASA
- Other certification authorities

8

Demonstrated working knowledge of

- DO-297
- DO-178C
- DO-254
- ARP4754A
- ARP4761A
- DO-160
- DO-330 (preferred)
- AC 20-115D (preferred)

9

Standards & Interface Management

- Manage system interfaces between hosted applications, platform services, and aircraft systems.
- Ensure platform compliance with applicable avionics standards.

10
- ARINC 653
- ARINC 664
- CAN
- Ethernet
- Serial interfaces
- Maintain interface traceability across program baselines.
- Coordinate interface changes across stakeholders.
- Support interoperability and compatibility assessments.

11

Technical Leadership & Problem Resolution

- Serve as technical focal point for Open IMA architecture and platform integration activities.
- Lead technical reviews and design assessments.
- Drive resolution of complex integration and certification issues.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
- Establish engineering best practices.
- Support customer and stakeholder reviews.

12
- Evaluate technical risks and recommend mitigation plans.
- Coordinate with:
- Software Engineering
- Hardware Engineering
- Safety Engineering
- Verification & Validation Teams
- Certification Teams

Thank you for your interest in TCS. Candidates that meet the qualifications for this position will be contacted within a 2-week period. We invite you to continue to apply for other opportunities that match your profile.

📌 Senior Avionics Systems Engineer (Montreal)
🏢 TATA Consultancy Services
📍 Montreal