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

Boeing • Berkeley, MO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company’s Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is hiring an Associate, Mid-Level, or Senior Software Quality Engineer to join its Software Quality Engineering team in Berkeley, Missouri, supporting programs within the Phantom Works division. The role works with programs to ensure required processes are used to develop, control, and verify software products developed by Boeing or supplied by vendors. It requires expertise evaluating or auditing safety-critical software, including hazards, requirements, code, and tests, along with a broad understanding of software development practices, tools, and processes and a commitment to First Time Quality strategies. Knowledge of standards such as AS9100, AS9115, DO-178, and MIL-STD-882E is preferred.

The position supports software quality processes throughout the program lifecycle, from proposal and planning through verification, certification, and delivery. The engineer audits processes and products, supports testing and configuration management, investigates non-compliances, and contributes to quality metrics and risk management. The position also identifies manual quality, compliance, and audit processes that can be automated.

This role is expected to be 100% onsite at a listed location. The position is for first shift. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; an interim U.S. Secret clearance before starting and a final U.S. Secret clearance after starting are required. U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance. U.S. export control compliance requirements also apply, and visa sponsorship is not available.

The role is offered at Associate (Level 2), Mid-Level (Level 3), or Senior (Level 4). Summary pay ranges are $83,300–$112,700 for Associate, $103,700–$135,700 for Mid-Level, and $122,400–$165,600 for Senior. Relocation may be offered based on candidate eligibility. Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs generally including health insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work; availability depends on eligibility factors.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Engineering Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, and/or Chemistry.
• 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.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance.
• Ability to meet U.S. export control compliance requirements; a U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required.
• Ability to work 100% onsite.
• An interim U.S. Secret clearance before starting and a final U.S. Secret clearance after starting are required.

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 in software verification and validation and safety analysis.
• Experience auditing Quality Management Systems (QMS).
• Software Quality Engineering experience supporting software subject to 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.
• At least 1 year of experience building and maintaining DevOps and/or DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines.
• 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.
• Teamwork, self-motivation, ability to learn the role quickly, strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, resilience, and ability to give and receive constructive feedback while fostering a collaborative and supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and/or audit safety-critical software, including hazards, requirements, code, and tests.
• Support and maintain program-level software quality engineering processes, resources, and infrastructure.
• Participate in program activities from proposal and planning through verification, certification, and delivery.
• Perform process and product audits to verify that software lifecycle activities and products comply with approved processes, plans, and standards.
• Support program milestone and formal review meetings, occasionally preparing and presenting information.
• Participate in configuration management activities.
• Support test readiness and software quality test 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 defect investigation and prevention activities.
• Partner with equipment managers for supplier products to monitor and evaluate supplier software development performance.
• Provide independent observations to Program Managers and customers, highlighting potential best practices and areas for improvement.
• Support identification and analysis of program and project software quality metrics to improve quality and manage risk.
• Identify and automate manual software quality engineering, compliance, and audit processes.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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