Software Quality Engineer (BT-26052)

Bastion Technologies•Huntsville, AL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

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

Requirements

This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated). Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
This position requires US Citizenship due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
Must have a bachelor's degree in the field of engineering or a computer related field.
Must have 10+ years of recent and related work experience.
In lieu of degree: Candidates with 14+ years of recent and related experience will be considered.
Experience with software process audits from an accrediting agency (ISO, CMMI or similar).
Experience performing software quality, reliability, safety, and testing activities related to embedded software systems with emphasis on quality functions.
Experience across the software development life cycle (requirements, design, implementation, and test) and the entry and exit criteria associated with Program/Project milestone reviews.
Familiarity with development of large, complex, safety-critical software systems.
Familiarity with software architecture and systems and software engineering practices.

Nice To Haves

Experience witnessing software testing and demonstrations and performing SQA audit.
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

Utilize strong software auditing background and NASA domain experience to evaluate target projects to ensure safety and mission success.
Plan and conduct software process and quality audits of targeted SLS projects to ensure compliance with NASA software engineering and software assurance standards.
Examine project documentation, process descriptions, and artifacts to verify adherence to CMMI practices.
Conduct interviews with SLS project members and stakeholders to confirm that processes are understood and followed.
Identify software risks and risk impacts and recommend improvements to remediate software non-compliances.
Document findings and officially report the findings to help the projects improve processes, minimize risk, and enhance product quality by ensuring compliance with the CMMI framework.
Create associated work products related to process and quality audits.
Assist the discipline manager and the audit technical lead in tracking the software quality tasks of audited SLS projects.

Benefits

Bastion offers a wide range of benefits for their full-time employees; medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, life insurance, retirement 401k, vacation, sick pay, holidays, flexible work schedules (when available), along with many other options. We also support career advancement through professional training and development.

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