Software Systems Quality Engineer; Compliance

Software Systems Quality Engineer (Compliance)

We have an immediate need for an onsite Software Systems Quality Engineer (Compliance) to support Land & Air Defense Systems (LADS).

Programs

LADS includes Global Patriot, Ghost-Eye / Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense, National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile, Multi-Function Radio Frequency Sensor, Enduring Indirect Fire Protection Capability, Stinger, Next Generation Short-Range Interceptor, TOW, Javelin, Excalibur, and Counter Unmanned Aerial systems.

Locations

Software Quality collaborates with Engineering (Software, Systems, Integration/Test, Safety) and other Quality functions (Program Quality Leads, Hardware Quality).

Activities occur ONSITE every week and every day (Monday through Friday).

• Majority of activities occur daily at primary Tewksbury MA site (50 Apple Hill Drive).
• Test Witnessing occurs monthly at nearby Andover MA site (362 Lowell Street).
• Test Witnessing may occur annually at Pelham NH site (50 Bush Hill Road).
• Collaborative visits periodically occur to Marlborough MA (1001 Boston Post Rd).

What You Will Do
- Role Summary

• Within Quality & Mission Assurance, the Software Quality Engineering department performs classified activities in secure labs and unclassified activities in dedicated work spaces.
• SWQE Tasks – Review of Document Deliverables (CDRL), Command Media (Policies), SW Release Packages (Windchill PDM, Azure Dev Ops), SW Requirements Changes, SW/System Defects, SW Pulls (Code Reviews), Media, and Test Artifacts. Participation in Peer Reviews (SW, SE), Control Boards (CCB, SRB), Tracking Books (Metrics), Test Witnessing (SQT, FQT), and Audits.

What You Will Learn
- Focus Areas

• Compliance – Ensure digital products adhere to contractual requirements. Review and approve inputs/outputs to/from partner organizations.
• Products – Ensure integrity of the technical data package. Identify, collect, and measure software quality attributes, metrics, and data.
• Improvement – Perform independent evaluations and risk assessments across lifecycle. Facilitate root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Processes – Leverage modern experiences with software development and quality best practices. Increasingly adopt Agile and Dev Sec Ops  methodologies.
• Teamwork – Interact with customers, product development, and test personnel. Provide guidance to senior leadership, team members, and group peers.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Security Clearance. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).

Qualifications We Prefer

Experience in a Quality or Technical role and applying principles across the following:

• Agile: SCRUM teams, sprints / increments, stories / points, backlog / burndown, continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD).
• Testing: execution witnessing, location, plans, procedures, requirements traceability, reports.
• Requirements: verification, software specifications, systems specifications, functionality, performance, statement of work, contracts.
• Software: lifecycle processes, requirements decomposition, code reviews, functions, features, builds, configuration management.
• Defects: quantification, severity, priority, age, resolution, effort, impact, implementation.
• Release: delivery management, checklists, labels, versions, licenses, repositories, software executables, release notes, security bulletins, training manuals, user guides.
• Metrics: defining, developing, monitoring, measuring, reporting, dashboards, tools (e.g., Business Insight reports, Jira reports, Excel tables).
• Analysis: identifying process issue Root Causes and implementing Corrective Actions.

Education or Training in the following areas:

• Certifications:
  
  Quality, Software Eng., Systems Eng., Agile, Cyber / IA, Project Management.
• PowerPoint : briefing creation and presentation to Senior Management.
• Standards: quality principles via AS9115, AS9100, ISO
  9001.
• Policies:
  Quality Management Systems (QMS) and/or Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Compliance: evaluation, validation, auditing, corrective actions.
• Maintenance:…