Software Quality Engineer; Associate, Experienced or Senior

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has an exciting opportunity for a Software Quality Engineer (Associate, Experienced or Senior) to join our Software Quality Engineering team in El Segundo, CA.

This position will be located primarily in El Segundo, but may require additional support in Seal Beach, CA.

As a member of this BDS Software Quality team, you have the autonomy and responsibility to work with programs to assure the required processes are used for developing, controlling, and verifying software products, whether developed by Boeing or provided by suppliers.

The successful candidate for this position will have a broad background in software development practices, tools and processes combined with a passion for advocating First Time Quality strategies. Experience and knowledge of quality standards (e.g. AS9100 / AS9115) is strongly preferred.

The ideal candidate will be a team player, self-motivated, and able to quickly learn the responsibilities of the position. Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills, are crucial for success. Candidates should possess resilience and the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback. The ideal team member will also demonstrate the capacity to assertively communicate their boundaries while fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment.

• Maintains software quality engineering program plans
• Uses established criteria to review, comment and recommend approval of software life cycle documents and program products
• Conducts limited audits of software engineering processes and associated support functions
• Assists in configuration management activities such as software product release and change control board
• Assists with review of deviations and waivers to the software baseline
• Improves products and processes and manage risk
• Verifies pre-test set up
• Monitors or witnesses test activity to established test plans and procedure
• Assists with verification of test results to performance requirements
• Uses established procedures and methods to perform final reconciliation of simple software data product
• Assists in verifying the acceptability of segments of the supplier's software quality systems and programs
• Assists with software acceptance and delivery activities for low risk procurements
• Identifies non-conformances and issues corrective actions
• Reviews and approves corrective and preventive action plans
• Assists in verification of effectiveness of corrective and preventive action plans
• Works under general supervision

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work on-site at one of the listed location options.

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• 1+ year of experience working in a project where various software development methodologies are being utilized
• 1+ year of experience in a Software Quality role
• 1+ year of experience working independently to develop, modify and document actions to assure problem resolution and/or to implement corrective action and/or preventive action

• Level 3:
  More than 3 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level 4:
  More than 5 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in Quality Management Systems (QMS) auditing
• Software Quality Engineering experience supporting software with AS9115, DO-178, and/or MIL-STD-882E requirements
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) is highly preferred
• Experience with configuration management and collaboration tools such as (or similar to) Git,…