Senior Software Systems Quality Engineer onsite Tewksbury, MA

RTX•Tewksbury, MA

21h•$86,800 - $165,200•Onsite

About The Position

Within Quality & Mission Assurance, the Software Quality Engineering department performs classified activities in secure labs and unclassified activities in dedicated workspaces. This role supports Land & Air Defense Systems (LADS), which includes programs like Global Patriot, Ghost-Eye / Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense, National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile, Multi-Function Radio Frequency Sensor, Stinger, Next Generation Short-Range Interceptor, TOW, Javelin, Excalibur, and Counter Unmanned Aerial systems. The position is designated as onsite, with the majority of activities occurring daily at the primary Tewksbury MA site. Test witnessing may occur monthly at a nearby Andover MA site and annually at a Pelham NH site. Collaborative visits may periodically occur to Marlborough MA. The role involves ensuring digital products adhere to contractual requirements, reviewing and approving inputs/outputs to/from partner organizations, ensuring the integrity of the technical data package, identifying, collecting, and measuring software quality attributes, metrics, and data, performing independent evaluations and risk assessments across the lifecycle, facilitating root cause analysis and corrective actions, leveraging modern experiences with software development and quality best practices, and increasingly adopting Agile and DevSecOps methodologies. The role also requires interaction with customers, product development, and test personnel, and providing guidance to senior leadership, team members, and group peers.

Requirements

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.
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1 (DoD Clearance: Secret).
Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) Education and 5 years of Quality or Engineering experience.
5 years’ experience in a Quality or Technical role with a combination of 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.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Degree
Working experience 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, ISO9001.
Policies: Quality Management Systems (QMS) and/or Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Compliance: evaluation, validation, auditing, corrective actions.
Maintenance: processes, patches, upgrades, installation, backups, recovery, synchronization.
Projects: leading, coordination, planning, prioritization, execution, escalation.
Strategy: leading cross-functional initiatives, collaborating with Business-Technical stakeholders.
Familiarity/training in the following areas: DevSecOps: Toolchains (Confluence, ADS – Azure DevOps Server, Jenkins, GitHub, Coverity).
Development: Integrated Development Environment (IDE) applications, modeling, databases (ClearCase, DOORS, RQM, Cameo, Rhapsody, Oracle, SAP).
Networking: maintaining computer networks to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient communication between devices and systems.
Connectivity: physical networks, virtual networks, local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), cloud-based infrastructures.
Configurations: installing or verifying devices routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, as well as monitoring performance and identifying bottlenecks.
Protocols: OSI, TCP, IP, IPsec, TLS, DHCP, SNMP, FC, SCSI, DNS, IDS, SIEM.
Integration: security, systems, software, hardware, connectivity, tools, equipment.
Technology: devices, applications, servers, virtual machines, networks, storage.

Responsibilities

Review of Document Deliverables (CDRL), Command Media (Policies), SW Release Packages (Windchill PDM, Azure DevOps), 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.
Ensure digital products adhere to contractual requirements.
Review and approve inputs/outputs to/from partner organizations.
Ensure integrity of the technical data package.
Identify, collect, and measure software quality attributes, metrics, and data.
Perform independent evaluations and risk assessments across lifecycle.
Facilitate root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Leverage modern experiences with software development and quality best practices.
Increasingly adopt Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.
Interact with customers, product development, and test personnel.
Provide guidance to senior leadership, team members, and group peers.