Software Quality Lead - Functional Safety

Texas Instruments; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments in Bengaluru is seeking a Software Quality Lead to drive Functional Safety initiatives across multiple projects. You will lead the definition of quality plans, implement ASPICE/ISO26262 processes, and mentor teams to deliver defect-free software for complex systems.

You will partner with engineering, program management, and suppliers to ensure conformant software quality, perform internal audits, and monitor KPIs, dashboards, and risk mitigations to sustain the highest

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 6+ years of Quality Engineering experience.
• ISO 26262 Functional Safety Internal Auditor, Automotive SPICE Internal Auditor.
• Collaborative approach and strong problem‑solving skills to work with leaders across organizational and technical domains.
• Excellent software engineering skills and tools experience.
• Significant experience influencing development teams and providing technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in building and growing the Quality mindset across the Organization.
• Thorough understanding of product/process quality domain – Quality Planning & improvement, Control, developing quality framework aligning to Business priorities.
• Should be a Team player having excellent communication skills, Problem solving skills, Analytical skills, interpersonal / facilitation skills.
• Ability to work in ambiguity and diverse Teams & Groups to derive value out of projects and priorities set by the executive leadership – need to conduct expectation setting & quality improvement exercise with each Teams & Groups.
• Should have hands‑on experience in driving industry accepted best practices related to Quality mindfulness events, Process Improvement - Code review practices, Defect Prevention, Unit / Developer Test, Process Automation / Quality Dashboards etc.
• Hands‑on experience in defining Metrics, Data collection, Validation, Analysis, Org level Baselining etc. Reporting Metrics analysis results - Insights & area of improvement to management in identifying loopholes and driving Process & Quality improvement.
• Enforce Process, KPIs & Software Engineering tools adoption & usage practices across the projects.
• Hands‑on experience/knowledge on various Software Engineering Tools used in Software Development & Project Management and attitude to learn existing tools and explore new tools to improve product quality.
• Good knowledge and experience of ASPICE/ISO26262/ISO21434 or equivalent Quality standards.
• Experience in auditing the project using Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262, ISO21434 to ensure that the work products and development process meet the quality goals.
• Coordinating internal audits and external audits as and when required.
• Experience in supporting customers/OEMs on Quality, Safety, Cybersecurity discussions through RFQ/RFI.

Skills

Quality mindset

Problem solving

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Team player

Auditing skills

ISO 26262 / ISO21434

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Post Graduate/Graduate in Engineering

Tools

Quality dashboards

Code review tools

Job description

Software Quality Lead - Functional Safety

Job Description

Texas Instruments is seeking an experienced Software Quality Engineer to join our team! The Individual performing this role will debug software products through the use of systematic tests to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards for company products. You will develop, modify, and execute software test plans. As well as analyze and write test standards and procedures. In this role you will maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software and analyze test results to ensure existing functionality and recommends corrective action. You will consult with development engineers in resolution of problems as well as provides feedback in preparation of technical appraisals of programming languages, systems, and computation software. You will ensure quality computer integration into the overall functions of scientific computation, data acquisition, and processing.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership support in building and growing the Quality mindset across the Organization
• Thorough understanding of product/process quality domain – Quality Planning & improvement, Control, developing quality framework aligning to Business priorities.
• Should be a Team player having excellent communication skills, Problem solving skills, Analytical skills, interpersonal / facilitation skills.
• Ability to work in ambiguity and diverse Teams & Groups to derive value out of projects and priorities set by the executive leadership – need to conduct expectation setting & quality improvement exercise with each Teams & Groups.
• Should have hands‑on experience in driving industry accepted best practices related to Quality mindfulness events, Process Improvement - Code review practices, Defect Prevention, Unit / Developer Test, Process Automation / Quality Dashboards etc.
• Hands‑on experience in defining Metrics, Data collection, Validation, Analysis, Org level Baselining etc. Reporting Metrics analysis results - Insights & area of improvement to management in identifying loopholes and driving Process & Quality improvement.
• Enforce Process, KPIs & Software Engineering tools adoption & usage practices across the projects.
• Hands‑on experience/knowledge on various Software Engineering Tools used in Software Development & Project Management and attitude to learn existing tools and explore new tools to improve product quality.
• Good knowledge and experience of ASPICE/ISO26262/ISO21434 or equivalent Quality standards.
• Experience in auditing the project using Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262, ISO21434 to ensure that the work products and development process meet the quality goals.
• Coordinating internal audits and external audits as and when required.
• Experience in supporting customers/OEMs on Quality, Safety, Cybersecurity discussions through RFQ/RFI.

Minimum Qualifications

• Post Graduate/Graduate in Engineering (Applied Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field).
• 6+ years of Quality Engineering or related work experience.
• ISO 26262 Functional Safety Internal Auditor, Automotive SPICE Internal Auditor.
• Collaborative approach and strong problem‑solving skills to work with leaders across organizational and technical domains.
• Excellent software engineering skills and tools experience.
• Significant experience influencing development teams and providing technical leadership.

Preferred Skills/ Experience

• 8‑12 years of experience in the field of SW Quality Assurance.
• Expert in functional safety standards like ISO 26262/ IEC 61508 is a must.
• Knowledge on ISO21434 is an added advantage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 06 years of experience

Preferred qualifications

• Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externally.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to quickly ramp on new systems and processes.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions.
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results.
• Strong time management skills that enable on‑time project delivery.

Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment.