Software Quality Engineer, SME (BT-26096)

Bastion Technologies•Huntsville, AL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Software Quality Engineer, Subject Matter Expert will support the NASA Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. The Software Quality Engineer, Subject Matter Expert will be responsible for conducting software assurance-related activities in support of programs across MSFC and primarily assessing software processes of projects within the Space Launch System (SLS) program.

Requirements

US Citizenship due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, software engineering, or other software-related engineering programs.
20+ years of recent and related work experience.
Previous experience in the role of Subject Matter Expert in support of NASA software systems.
Previous experience performing NASA software quality, reliability, safety, and testing activities related to embedded software systems with emphasis on quality functions.
Previous experience across the software development life cycle (requirements, design, implementation, and test) and the entry and exit criteria associated with NASA Program/Project milestone reviews.
Familiarity with development of large, complex, safety-critical software systems.
Familiarity with software architecture and systems and software engineering practices.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
Team players with strong work ethics and must be culture oriented.
Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in written form, with internal and external customers.
Able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
Organized with good time management skills.
Able to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with supporting software design, development, and testing activities for integrated aerospace vehicles.
Familiarity with NASA flight programs involving Human-related spacecraft / launch vehicle systems and domains such as rocket engine propulsion control; flight dynamics; vehicle system management; fault protection / fault management; launch, flight, and abort operations / processes; software safety; and mission assurance.
Experience with NASA, Government approved Industry, or DoD software assurance requirements, standards, manuals and handbooks, and assessing compliance with these products.
Familiarity with Mil-STD-882 for system safety.
Experience with NASA-STD 7150.2 and NASA-STD 8739.8 and the identification of safety critical software requirements and analysis of related design concepts.
Experience reviewing and/or developing Software Assurance Plans, Software Requirements Specifications, and Software Test Plans.

Responsibilities

Support the Space Launch System (SLS) program.
Use strong software engineering background and NASA domain experience to evaluate target projects to ensure safety and mission success.
Perform Software Assurance (SA) analyses and assessments related to quality, reliability, and safety.
Review and analyze engineering design concepts and software assurance plans and assure compliance with NASA safety polices and standards for hardware and software.
Participate in test reviews as well as data analysis.
Participate in process and quality audits.
Assist the discipline manager and the technical lead in tracking software quality tasks in support of SLS projects.