Aerospace Software QA Engineer (DO-178C)

Kearfott Corporation; Pine Brook (NJ); On-site; USD 123,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid vacation and holidays

9/80 work week

Job summary

Kearfott Corporation, a global aerospace and defense supplier, seeks a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure quality across the software lifecycle for navigation and control products. You will collaborate with software, systems, program management, and quality teams to uphold internal processes and customer requirements.

The role emphasizes DO-178C compliance, audits, and continuous improvement in a safety-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, software engineering, software verification, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting software development in a regulated, safety-critical, or mission-critical environment.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and associated engineering work products.
• Experience performing software process and product audits.
• Ability to review technical software documentation, requirements, test procedures, and verification results.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with software engineers, systems engineers, quality personnel, and program leadership.
• Strong engineering writing and documentation skills.
• Ability to work in a laboratory and engineering development environment.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Responsibilities

• Perform Software Quality Assurance activities throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Ensure software development processes and work products comply with approved plans, procedures, contractual requirements, and applicable industry standards.
• Support compliance with DO-178C and other applicable aerospace and defense software development standards.
• Review software lifecycle artifacts, including software plans, requirements, design documentation, source code records, test procedures, test results, traceability data, and configuration management records.
• Participate in software requirements, design, code, test, and milestone reviews.
• Conduct process and product audits to verify adherence to established software development and quality processes.
• Identify, document, track, and communicate software quality issues, nonconformances, and process deviations.
• Work with engineering teams to develop and verify corrective and preventive actions.
• Support software configuration management, change control, problem reporting, and release activities.
• Evaluate requirements-to-test traceability and verify that required software lifecycle data is complete and accurate.
• Support customer, regulatory, and internal audits and reviews.
• Assist with preparation and maintenance of software quality plans, procedures, checklists, and supporting documentation.
• Monitor software quality metrics and provide status and risk information to engineering and program leadership.
• Promote continuous improvement of software development and quality assurance processes.
• Maintain independence and objectivity when assessing software compliance and quality.

Skills

4+ years experience

regulated environment

SDLC knowledge

audits experience

communication

team collaboration

writing/documentation

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Git

Subversion

DOORS

Job description

Kearfott Corporation, a global aerospace and defense supplier, seeks a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure quality across the software lifecycle for navigation and control products. You will collaborate with software, systems, program management, and quality teams to uphold internal processes and customer requirements.

The role emphasizes DO-178C compliance, audits, and continuous improvement in a safety-critical environment.