Software Quality Engineer (Associate, Mid-Level or Senior)

Boeing • Berkeley, MO

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company’s Boeing Defense, Space & Security organization is hiring a Software Quality Engineer at the Associate, Mid-Level, or Senior level for its Software Quality Engineering team in Berkeley, Missouri. The role supports programs within the Air Dominance and Phantom Works divisions. The engineer works with programs to ensure required processes are used to develop, control, and verify software products developed by Boeing or supplied by vendors. The position calls for a broad background in software development practices, tools, processes, and automation, and a commitment to First Time Quality. Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines is required. Knowledge of quality standards such as AS9100/AS9115, DO-178, and MIL-STD-882E is strongly preferred. This is a 100% onsite position on first shift. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a U.S. Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for that clearance. The role also requires compliance with U.S. export control requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, and/or Chemistry; the posting also states Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• At least 1 year of experience identifying and automating manual software quality engineering, compliance, and audit processes using scripting and/or generative AI.
• At least 1 year of experience working on a project using various software development methodologies.
• At least 1 year of experience in a Software Quality role.
• At least 1 year of experience independently developing, modifying, and documenting actions to resolve problems and/or implement corrective or preventive action.
• Experience setting up and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline is required.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; the posting specifies an interim pre-start and final post-start U.S. Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship for clearance eligibility.
• Meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person.
• Successful completion of the Company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Nice To Haves

• For Level 3: 3 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• For Level 4: 5 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 1 year of experience setting up and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline.
• At least 2 years of experience automating manual software quality engineering, compliance, and audit processes using scripting and/or generative AI.
• At least 2 years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for DevOps and/or DevSecOps processes and tools.
• Experience in Quality Management Systems (QMS) auditing.
• Software Quality Engineering experience supporting software with AS9115, DO-178, and/or MIL-STD-882E requirements.
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience with configuration management and collaboration tools such as Git, GitLab, Jira, Collaborator, Bitbucket, and Beyond Compare, or similar tools.
• Software development experience in a collaborative team environment using agile principles and a structured development process, including code reviews and automated DevOps and/or DevSecOps processes and tools.
• Active U.S. Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain program-level software quality engineering processes, resources, and infrastructure.
• Participate in program activities from initial proposal and planning through verification, certification, and delivery.
• Conduct process and product audits to verify software lifecycle activities and products comply with approved processes, plans, and standards.
• Support program milestone and formal review meetings, including occasional preparation and presentation of information.
• Participate in configuration management activities.
• Support software quality test activities and complete test readiness activities.
• Ensure test-process integrity and verify test results.
• Work with regulatory agencies and other functions to develop criteria and procedures for software delivery activities.
• Perform final reconciliation of software data products.
• Identify process or product non-compliances; support root cause analysis, corrective actions, and other defect investigation and prevention activities.
• Partner with supplier equipment managers to monitor and evaluate supplier software development performance.
• Provide program managers and customers with an independent perspective, identifying potential best practices and areas for improvement.
• Support identification and analysis of program and project software quality metrics to improve software quality and manage risk.
• Identify and automate manual software quality engineering, compliance, and audit processes.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for DevOps and/or DevSecOps processes and tools.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Relocation assistance based on candidate eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level