Software Design Assurance Quality Engineer

Philips International; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips International in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Software Design Assurance Quality Engineer to lead software quality activities across the lifecycle. The role focuses on document control (SRS), design assessments, root cause analysis, and regulatory compliance to embed quality in all design stages.

You will oversee quality plans, risk management, post-market analyses, and CAPA implementations, mentoring teams on QMS and regulatory needs in a global context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's / Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Applications or equivalent.
• Minimum 6-7 years of experience in Software Quality Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with health IT, regulatory compliance and QMS processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates development and management of software quality documentation (SRS) across the lifecycle.
• Leads assessments of software designs to ensure quality, safety and regulatory standards.
• Conducts root cause analysis to resolve quality deficiencies and improve processes.
• Validates usability, reliability, performance, safety, privacy and cost of software inputs.
• Oversees execution of software quality plans and risk management activities.
• Uses post-market analytics to monitor software performance and drive corrective actions.
• Develops Software Quality Plans covering design to post-market stages.
• Ensures compliance with global regulations and regulatory standards.
• Acts as SME, mentoring on quality practices and QMS processes.
• Monitors key software quality metrics and reports to stakeholders.

Skills

SDLC

Defect Management

Root Cause Analysis

CAPA Methodologies

Regulatory Requirements

Privacy & Security Risk Assessment

Technical Documentation

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Continuous Improvement

Product Quality & Reliability

Design Verification Planning

Design Validation Planning

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or Computer Applications

Job description

**Job Title : Software Design Assurance Quality Engineer** **Job Responsibilities:** • Facilitates the development, maintenance, and management 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 limited supervision. • Leads 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. • Validates 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. • Provides 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. • Ensures 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. • Acts as a subject matter expert, providing guidance to meet schedules, resolve technical problems, and manage performance requirements, including mentoring on quality engineering practices, regulatory compliance, and QMS processes. • Monitors, and reports on key software quality metrics, ensuring these metrics are aligned with business objectives and regulatory expectations, while communicating quality-related performance indicators to relevant stakeholders. • Helps to identify opportunities for process improvements within software quality engineering, advocating for and implementing best practices, tools, and innovative methodologies to enhance software quality and regulatory compliance. **Minimum required Education:** Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Applications or equivalent. **Minimum required Experience:** Minimum 6-7 years of experience with Bachelor's/Master's degree in areas such as Software Quality Engineering or equivalent**Preferred Skills:*** Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - mandatory* Defect Management - mandatory* Design for Quality (DFQ) - mandatory* Design Quality Management* Cloud experience preferrable* Health IT experience* Data Analysis & Interpretation* Root Cause Analysis (RCA)* CAPA Methodologies* Regulatory Requirements* Privacy, Safety and Security Risk Assessment* Technical Documentation* Continuous Improvement* Product Quality and Reliability* Design Verification Planning* Design Validation Planning* Product Test Design **How we work together:**We believe that we are better together than a part. 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. ***This is an Office role***.