David Allsopp

Senior Quality Engineer at Rapita Systems

David Allsopp is a seasoned professional in software quality assurance with significant experience across various roles. Currently serving as Senior Quality Engineer at Rapita Systems since March 2015, David specializes in creating and documenting automated test scripts aligned with the DO-330 standard. Previous roles include Quality/Test Team Leader at SuperBreak, where David developed an extensive test automation suite, and Test Lead Architect at Access Intelligence Plc, where David coordinated QA activities and mentored junior staff. David also held the position of Technical Lead Architect at Mitrefinch Ltd, formulating test policies and overseeing automated testing. Earlier career stages involved owning Tranquillity Software Ltd and working as a Quality Analyst at SeaChange Ltd. David holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a B.Sc. in Mathematics, both from the University of Nottingham.

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York, United Kingdom

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Rapita Systems

Rapita Systems is a leading supplier of software verification tools and services, providing quality solutions to the global high-integrity aerospace and automotive electronics industries. We help our customers to increase software quality, deliver evidence to meet safety and certification objectives and reduce project costs. The Rapita Verification Suite (RVS) makes software testing more efficient and reliable. It integrates with existing development environments and offers flexible, low overhead strategies to collect verification data including unit test, structural coverage and worst-case execution time data from the most complex targets including multicore processors. RVS was designed with safety in mind and is qualifiable for use in environments such as DO-178C/ED-12C and ISO 26262. Supporting its position as a key provider of verification solutions, Rapita Systems provides expert multicore timing and V&V services aimed at safety or mission-critical environments, supporting a range of activities including unit integration, system and acceptance testing, timing analysis and optimization (for both single- and multi-core systems), compiler validation and assurance services. Rapita's multii-core solution, MACH178, provides an end-to-end solution for providing certification evidence to satisfy DO-178C and A(M)C 20-193 objectives. In 2022 Danlaw Group acquired Maspatechnologies SL in Spain, expanding the specialized multicore verification expertise within the Rapita Systems group. Rapita is a wholly owned subsidiary of Danlaw Inc (www.danlawinc.com) and Rapita Systems Inc. can handle US controlled defense information in compliance with ITAR regulation.