Software Quality Engineer

The position involves aiding testing efforts and related activities across multiple platforms and technologies like embedded hardware, phased-array systems, space payloads, and radio frequency solutions using advanced techniques and methodologies.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Quality Assurance Leadership: Serve as independent review for test plan creation and execution to deliver top-tier software for DoD use, emphasizing dependability and efficiency in alignment with applicable processes and requirements. Maintain, establish, and continuously improve of quality management system processes and procedures.
• Test Execution and Management: Plan, organize, and prioritize test cases and plans, developing dashboards to track progress and ensure timely completion.
• Defect Management: Record and communicate software issues with precise, practical details to support quick fixes by developers.
• Environment Setup: Set up and manage test environments to simulate real-world scenarios, validating features, milestones, and customer-specific configurations before release.
• Process Audits: Conduct process and product audits to ensure compliance with quality standards throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Collaboration: Partner with a multidisciplinary engineering team, leveraging Agile practices and tools like Jira, Confluence, Docker, and GitLab to meet project objectives.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor s or higher degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Requires at least 3 years in software engineering, with a solid history in Quality Assurance (QA) or system testing positions.
• Technical Skills:
• Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes associated with quality assurance.
• Proficiency in conducting process and product audits related to quality.
• Adept at organizing, prioritizing, and executing test cases, plus building dashboards to track testing status.
• Expertise in documenting and reporting bugs with clear, actionable insights.
• Experience setting up and managing system integration and test environments.
• Experience in generating process flows and documentation to AS9100 and required industry standards / requirements.
• Proficiency in validating features, milestones, and customer-specific configurations before release.
• Experience with one or more programming languages: C, C++, or Python.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools like Jira, Confluence, Docker, and GitLab.
• Soft Skills:
• Ability to prioritize and manage assigned tasks to meet deadlines.
• Team-oriented with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.