Software QA

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Must be done on site, NO REMOTE

• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain standards for software quality operating methods, processes, systems, and procedures.

o Ensure that project and process control documentation are compliant with standards, objectives, and/or contract requirements via inspection, reviews, and audits.

• Develop overall operating measures and criteria to ensure implementation of the software quality program according to standards, objectives, and/or contract requirements.

o Ensure measures meet acceptable performance standards/targets/goals.

• Contribute to software development and maintenance processes and methods utilized by Software Engineering, ensuring compliance with requirements, objectives and/or contract requirements.

• Review software engineering work products (e.g., design, change specifications, and plans) against contractual and/or process requirements.

• Perform or direct verification of software requirement allocations, traceability, and testability.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, another STEM degree or equivalent and at least 5 years of software experience or 3 years with a Master's degree or 0 years with a PhD in one of the above disciplines.

• Understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and theories.

• Experience in operating in a Quality Management System (QMS).

• Strong analytical skill with an understanding of basic problem solving.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Embodiment of our Northrop Grumman Values.

• Dedicated to teamwork and able to work well in a team environment.

• Works well under pressure and adapt well to unplanned tasks.

• Proficiency in MS Office Applications especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

• US Citizenship required.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience coding in Ada, C, C , and/or Python.

• Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools such as DOORs, GitHub, Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket.

• Experience with ISO and AS9100 standards requirements.

• Knowledge and/or experience with Root Cause and Corrective Action tools.

• Ability and willingness to continuously learn and implement new processes.

• Knowledge of waterfall and/or Agile life-cycles.

The job is 100% onsite.