Quality Assurance Engineer – Aerospace Embedded Systems

Cyient; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyient is looking for a Quality Assurance professional in Bengaluru, India, with 3 to 6 years' experience in quality assurance activities, especially in the aerospace and defence industries. The role requires in-depth knowledge of process assurance activities per DO-178B/C & DO-254, strong communication skills, and the ability to facilitate audits. Candidates should possess experience with FPGA Design and Testing, along with tools like DOORS and Clear Case. The role plays a critical part in analyzing quality metrics and driving improvements.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of experience in quality assurance activities, preferably in aerospace and defence.
• In-depth hands-on experience in Process Assurance activities.
• Ability to contribute/work independently and as a team.

Responsibilities

• Facilitated Customer/External Audit/Assessments.
• Drive Root cause analysis and Corrective Actions.
• Collect and Report Quality metrics at various levels.

Skills

Process Assurance activities as per DO-178B/C & DO-254

Communication/interaction with Customer Quality Focal

Knowledge on at least two quality models/standards

Extensive Audit Experience

Experience in FPGA Design & Testing

Good knowledge on Requirements & Configuration management tools

Root cause analysis (RCA)

Report and Track Process/Product Non-Conformance

Tools

DOORS

Clear Case

SVN

Clear Quest

Job description

Mandatory Functional

• In depth hands on experience on Process Assurance activities as per DO-178B/C & DO-254
• Experience in Participation / Facilitation to Perform Stages Of Involvement (SOI) audits for DO-178 & DO-254 Design Assurance Level Projects
• Experience in communication/interaction with Customer Quality Focal/Representative and DER in reference to DO-178/DO-254
• Sound knowledge & understanding on at least two quality models/standards viz. ISO 9001, AS9100
• Good working knowledge on all of the Hardware and Software Development Life Cycle Phases
• Extensive Audit Experience - Process compliance Audit (PCA), Software & Hardware Design Life Cycle Phase Audit, Internal Quality Audit (IQA), Configuration Management (CM) Audit , Release Audit (RA), First Article Inspection (FAI)
• Experience in Project Initiation/Kick-Off, Project Planning Phase to Project Closure
• Very good experience in review of Software & Hardware Design Life Cycle Data (documents/artefacts)
• Experience in Test Witnessing & Report preparation for Avionics Products
• Facilitated Customer/External Audit/Assessments and responsible for follow-up on improvement opportunities
• Experience in defining/driving Avionics Process & Improvements
• Experience in FPGA Design & FPGA Testing process
• Good knowledge on Requirements & Configuration management tools like DOORS, Clear Case & SVN etc.
• Good working experience Problem Reporting & Change Request tools:- Clear Quest and/or any other Defect Management Tools
• Report, Track and Escalate Process/Product Non-Conformance(NC) to relevant stakeholders
• Analyse problems, issues and defects and drive Root cause analysis (RCA) to drive Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
• Experience in interacting with Senior Management to Report on the Quality/Process Compliance/Maturity
• Collect, Analyse, Interpret and Report Quality metrics at various levels viz., Project, Account/COE wise
• At least 3 to 6 years of experience in quality assurance activities, preferably in the aerospace and defence industry

Mandatory Behavioural

• Very good Verbal & Written communication skills with all levels of people & customers
• Ability to contribute/work independently and also as a team.
• Possess good team building culture
• Ability to nurture/mentor/coach the team

Desired Functional

• Knowledge on various Types of Testing viz., Hardware Software Integration, Software Integration, Functional Tests, Pre-Qualification, Qualification and Acceptance Tests
• Knowledge on qualification standards - DO-160
• Six Sigma Green Belt trained / Certified
• Internal auditor trained /Certified