Software Systems Quality Engineer II - Huntsville, AL

RTX•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon, part of RTX, is hiring an onsite Software Systems Quality Engineer II in Huntsville, Alabama, to support Land & Air Defense Systems (LADS). The Software Quality Engineering department performs classified work in secure laboratories and unclassified work in dedicated workspaces. The role collaborates with software, systems, integration and test, safety, program quality, and hardware quality teams. Work takes place onsite Monday through Friday, primarily at 315 Bob Heath Drive, with regular visits to 401 Jan Davis Drive and monthly test-witnessing visits to the Red Arsenal site and the Government System Integration Lab. The engineer helps ensure that software and related technical products comply with contractual requirements and maintains the integrity of technical data packages. The work includes reviewing software and systems deliverables, requirements changes, defects, code reviews, release materials, media, and test artifacts; participating in reviews, control boards, metrics tracking, test witnessing, and audits; and conducting independent evaluations and risk assessments. The position also supports root-cause analysis and corrective actions, applies software quality and development best practices, and increasingly adopts Agile and DevSecOps methods. The engineer interacts with customers, product development and test personnel, and provides guidance to leadership, team members, and peers. U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance are required. The posting specifies an active and existing Secret clearance is required after day one. Relocation is not offered. The stated salary range is $68,900–$131,100 USD; eligible hires may also qualify for incentive compensation and benefits, with specifics dependent on business unit and collective-bargaining status.

Requirements

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
An active and existing Secret clearance is required after day one.
Typically, a bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field and two years of Quality or Engineering experience.
Two years of experience in a Quality or Technical role applying principles across Agile practices; testing; requirements; software lifecycle processes; defect management; software release management; metrics; and process analysis/root-cause corrective actions.
Work arrangement is onsite in Huntsville, Alabama, with activities onsite every weekday.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
Certifications in Quality, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Agile, Cyber/Information Assurance, or Project Management.
Experience creating and presenting PowerPoint briefings to senior management.
Knowledge of quality standards and principles such as AS9115, AS9100, or ISO 9001.
Experience with Quality Management Systems (QMS) and/or standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Experience in compliance evaluation, validation, auditing, and corrective actions.
Experience with maintenance processes, patches, upgrades, installation, backups, recovery, and synchronization.
Experience leading, coordinating, planning, prioritizing, executing, or escalating projects.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and collaborating with business and technical stakeholders.
Familiarity or training with DevSecOps toolchains, including Confluence, Azure DevOps Server (ADS), Jenkins, GitHub, and Coverity.
Familiarity or training with integrated development environments, modeling, and databases or tools including ClearCase, DOORS, RQM, Cameo, Rhapsody, Oracle, and SAP.
Familiarity or training in networking, connectivity, network configurations, and protocols, including OSI, TCP, IP, IPsec, TLS, DHCP, SNMP, FC, SCSI, DNS, IDS, and SIEM.
Familiarity or training with integration of security, systems, software, hardware, connectivity, tools, and equipment; and with devices, applications, servers, virtual machines, networks, and storage.

Responsibilities

Review contract data requirements list (CDRL) deliverables, command media and policies, software release packages, software requirements changes, software and systems defects, code-review pulls, media, and test artifacts.
Participate in software and systems engineering peer reviews and control boards, including CCB and SRB.
Track quality metrics and maintain tracking books.
Witness software qualification testing (SQT) and formal qualification testing (FQT), and participate in audits.
Ensure digital products comply with contractual requirements and review and approve inputs to and outputs from partner organizations.
Ensure the integrity of technical data packages; identify, collect, and measure software quality attributes, metrics, and data.
Perform independent lifecycle evaluations and risk assessments.
Facilitate root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Apply software development and quality best practices and support increasing adoption of Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.
Interact with customers, product development personnel, and test personnel, and provide guidance to senior leadership, team members, and peers.
Work onsite Monday through Friday at the primary Huntsville site, with regular visits to a nearby campus and monthly test-witnessing visits to Red Arsenal and the Government System Integration Lab.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Short-term disability insurance
Long-term disability insurance
401(k) match
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible work schedules
Employee assistance program
Employee Scholar Program
Parental leave
Paid time off
Holidays
Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, depending on position level and other factors