Quality Engineer Software

Philips; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Quality Engineer Software to contribute to software quality across the lifecycle. You will develop and maintain SRS and other quality documents while ensuring standards and regulatory requirements are met.

The role involves assessing designs, performing root-cause analysis, validating key design inputs, and overseeing quality plans with risk management. Prior ISTQB certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Applications or equivalent/ Vocational Education.
• ISTQB certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participates in development and maintenance of software quality documentation (SRS) throughout the software lifecycle.
• Executes assessment of software designs to ensure quality, safety and regulatory standards.
• Conducts in-depth root cause analysis for software quality issues and improves design processes.
• Guides validation of usability, reliability, performance, localizability, safety, privacy, and cost inputs.
• Oversees execution of software quality plans and risk management activities.
• Uses post-market analytics to monitor software performance and initiates corrective actions as needed.
• Develops Software Quality Plans covering all stages from design to post-market.
• Ensures compliance with global regulations and standards across quality activities.
• Mentors on quality engineering practices, regulatory compliance and QMS processes.
• Reports key software quality metrics to stakeholders.

Skills

SRS Documentation

Quality Engineering

Root Cause Analysis

Regulatory Compliance

Problem Solving

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Job Title

Quality Engineer Software

Job Description

• Participates in the development and maintenance of comprehensive software quality documentation, including Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), ensuring they are accurate, up-to-date, and fully compliant with relevant standards and regulatory requirements throughout the software lifecycle, working under general supervision.
• Executes the assessment of software designs, including reviewing test and performance data, to ensure they meet quality, safety, and regulatory standards, while identifying and addressing quality engineering deficiencies to embed quality within the design.
• Conducts in-depth root cause analysis for software quality issues, employing problem-solving techniques to resolve deficiencies and improve software design processes, ensuring that quality is integral to the development process.
• Guides validation of key software design inputs such as usability, reliability, performance, localizability, safety, privacy, and cost to ensure they meet customer and regulatory requirements, supporting the delivery of high-quality software products.
• Ensures effective oversight of the execution of software quality plans and associated risk management activities throughout the software lifecycle, ensuring that all design-related activities are managed according to defined processes.
• Utilizes post-market analytics and statistics to monitor software performance in the field, providing feedback to manufacturing, suppliers, and design teams, while initiating corrective actions or field actions when required to maintain software quality.
• Participates in the development of comprehensive Software Quality Plans that cover all stages of the software lifecycle, from design through to post-market, supporting the design of these plans and ensuring adherence to quality and regulatory standards.
• Possesses and applies working knowledge of relevant global regulations, requirements, and standards, ensuring that all quality activities and software design processes comply with applicable regulatory requirements, facilitating compliance throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Provides guidance to meet schedules, resolve technical problems, and manage performance requirements, including mentoring on quality engineering practices, regulatory compliance, and QMS processes.
• Reports key software quality metrics, ensuring these metrics are aligned with business objectives and regulatory expectations, while communicating quality-related performance indicators to relevant stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Participates in the development and maintenance of comprehensive software quality documentation, including Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), ensuring they are accurate, up-to-date, and fully compliant with relevant standards and regulatory requirements throughout the software lifecycle, working under general supervision.
• Executes the assessment of software designs, including reviewing test and performance data, to ensure they meet quality, safety, and regulatory standards, while identifying and addressing quality engineering deficiencies to embed quality within the design.
• Conducts in-depth root cause analysis for software quality issues, employing problem-solving techniques to resolve deficiencies and improve software design processes, ensuring that quality is integral to the development process.
• Guides validation of key software design inputs such as usability, reliability, performance, localizability, safety, privacy, and cost to ensure they meet customer and regulatory requirements, supporting the delivery of high-quality software products.
• Ensures effective oversight of the execution of software quality plans and associated risk management activities throughout the software lifecycle, ensuring that all design-related activities are managed according to defined processes.
• Utilizes post-market analytics and statistics to monitor software performance in the field, providing feedback to manufacturing, suppliers, and design teams, while initiating corrective actions or field actions when required to maintain software quality.
• Participates in the development of comprehensive Software Quality Plans that cover all stages of the software lifecycle, from design through to post-market, supporting the design of these plans and ensuring adherence to quality and regulatory standards.
• Possesses and applies working knowledge of relevant global regulations, requirements, and standards, ensuring that all quality activities and software design processes comply with applicable regulatory requirements, facilitating compliance throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Provides guidance to meet schedules, resolve technical problems, and manage performance requirements, including mentoring on quality engineering practices, regulatory compliance, and QMS processes.
• Reports key software quality metrics, ensuring these metrics are aligned with business objectives and regulatory expectations, while communicating quality-related performance indicators to relevant stakeholders.

Minimum Required Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Applications or equivalent/ Vocational Education.

Minimum Required Experience

Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Software Quality Engineering

Preferred Certification

ISTQB certification

Preferred Skills

• Design Quality Management
• Data Analysis & Interpretation
• Design for Quality (DFQ)
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• CAPA Methodologies
• Regulatory Requirements
• Privacy, Safety and Security Risk Assessment
• Technical Documentation
• Continuous Improvement
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Product Quality and Reliability
• Defect Management
• Design Verification Planning
• Design Validation Planning
• Product Test Design

How We Work Together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.

Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

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About Philips

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