Principal Software Quality Engineer onsite Woburn, MA

RTX•Woburn, MA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

RTX is seeking a Software Quality Engineer for the Strategic Upper Tier Missile Defense Agency/Sensors & Precision Strike (SSPS) section within the Air & Space Defense Systems (ASDS) Strategic Business Unit (SBU). This is an onsite role in Woburn, MA. The engineer will work with cross-functional organizations as an individual contributor to ensure the verification and validation of the design, development, and integration of Raytheon’s digital products. Digital products include artifacts related to embedded code, simulations, firmware, and other artifacts as required by contract.

Requirements

Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
Working with technical principles in the software development process.
Experience with software/firmware development processes; conducting quality assessments of software products and artifacts.
Previous experience with Agile or DevOps software development.
Experience in software testing, continuous integration and/or continuous monitoring.
Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Project and workload management skills to utilize resources effectively to satisfy demanding internal customers and implementation schedules.
Technical leadership of small teams.
Ability to define and review quality requirements for program bids and proposals.
Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to serve as an organizational spokesperson.
Act as an advisor to management, customers and team members on Software Quality concepts and practices.
Working knowledge of Earned Value, ISO9000/AS9100 and IPDS.
Experience using CORE/Six Sigma practices and methodologies to continuously improve software systems created using the Quality Management System requirements based on AS9100 and AS9115.
Practical experience of Guidance, Navigation, Signal Processing, Radar and Discrimination systems and associated algorithms is desired.
Advanced degree – M.S.

Responsibilities

Participate in all phases of systems/digital products design and development.
Ensure that the digital products comply with product/process requirements.
Review and approve inputs/outputs to Software, Systems, System Integration and Test and other work products.
Perform independent evaluations/risk assessments of activities across the digital products development lifecycle.
Drive continuous improvements by assessing process/product measures to instill a continuous improvement and a data-driven culture throughout the assigned program effort.
Ensure the integrity of the digital products & the Technical Data Package.
Monitor and participate in the test and release of the work products.
Measure and analyze key software attributes.
Provide guidance to project staff and department senior staff.
Guide the successful completion of program quality assessments and may function in a software quality leadership role.
Interact with senior product development and test personnel through both written and verbal communication.
Improve and deploy Quality Engineering processes.
Lead project activities to improve key processes.
Facilitate root cause analysis and corrective action planning.
Partner with key stakeholders to improve product quality and process effectiveness.