QNX, Senior Quality Manager

BlackBerry Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 132,523 - 186,360; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Employee share purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

BlackBerry Inc. is looking for a professional to enhance quality management systems focusing on software projects. You will collaborate with product teams to ensure safety, quality, and cybersecurity standards are met throughout the development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has experience in the technology industry, a degree in a relevant field, and strong project management skills. This position offers a competitive salary, along with benefits such as medical, dental, and retirement options.

Qualifications

• Experience in the technology industry with a focus on quality and project management.
• Degree in a technology-related field or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication skills with a customer-focus.
• Experience in software development process models.
• Hands-on experience in requirements, design, coding, testing.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Quality Manager to improve QMS and CSMS.
• Drive continuous improvement and champion quality culture.
• Conduct quality assurance audits for QNX software projects.
• Support product life-cycle model for software safety projects.
• Collaborate to ensure functional safety certification activities.

Skills

Experience in software development environments

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Project management

Customer-focus and service orientation

Hands-on experience in software development

Effective influencing skills

Education

Degree in a technology-related field

Tools

Quality management systems

Process modelling tools

Job description

Company Overview

QNX enhances the human experience by providing trusted operating systems and development tools for industries such as automotive, medical, industrial, robotics, aviation, aerospace and defense. The technology powers over 275 million vehicles and is trusted across many sectors for safety and performance. QNX is part of BlackBerry and focuses on reducing hardware dependency and increasing efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the QNX Quality Manager to continually improve QMS and CSMS to meet ISO9001 and ISO/SAE21434 objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement and champion a quality and safety culture.
• Collaborate with product and development teams to balance safety, quality, cybersecurity and commercial requirements.
• Conduct quality assurance process and work product audits for QNX software projects.
• Conduct Functional Safety Audits and Confirmation Reviews for software safety projects.
• Support internal and external ISO9001:2015 quality audits.
• Contribute to quality and process responses to RFPs and customer questionnaires.
• Support SW development teams throughout the product life-cycle model.
• Collaborate with the Safety Manager to ensure the QMS supports functional safety certification activities for ISO26262, IEC61508 or other relevant standards.
• Perform additional duties such as project management and coordination for non-product corporate initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in the technology industry, particularly in software development environments focused on quality and project management.
• Degree in a technology-related field or equivalent experience.
• Strong verbal, written, project management and interpersonal communication skills with a customer-focus and service orientation.
• Experience in Requirements Management, Configuration Management, software development process models, quality management systems, product life-cycle models, architecture, design and implementation.
• Hands-on experience in software development (requirements, design, coding, testing).
• Effective influencing skills.

Preferred / Specialized Skills

• Implementing compliance for ISO9001 or similar quality management systems (mandatory).
• Experience with ISO26262, IEC61508, ISO/SAE21434, SEICMMI, IEC62304, DO-178C, SPICE, ISO/IEC15504, Automotive SPICE.
• SPICE/ISO9001 audit experience.
• Knowledge of software quality management systems, quality control methodologies and tools.
• Application and maintenance of product life-cycle models.
• Process modelling experience, preferably functional safety ISO26262 in a process modelling tool.
• ASPICE experience or provisional/competent assessor.

Compensation & Benefits

Scheduled weekly hours: 40 hours. Base salary range: $96,000.00 – $135,000.00, subject to final offer. Bonus: BlackBerry VIP program. Benefits include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, employee share purchase program and paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer

BlackBerry provides an equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or domestic partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected basis. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.