Aerospace Software Quality Assurance Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision,

401(k) plan with company match

Paid vacation and sick days

Paid holidays

9/80 work week with every other Friday

Job summary

Kearfott Corporation, a leader in aerospace and defense, seeks a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to oversee QA across the software lifecycle. The role requires DO-178C familiarity, collaboration with software, systems, and quality teams, and independent process oversight.

Onsite at our Pine Brook, NJ facility, you will participate in reviews, audits, and continuous improvement efforts, ensuring traceability, configuration control, and compliant software delivery for critical navigation and

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 or a related discipline.
• Experience in a regulated, safety-critical, or mission-critical environment.
• Ability to review technical software documentation, requirements, test procedures, and verification results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong analytical skills.

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

Software QA

Software verification

Documentation review

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/SE or related

Tools

Jira

Git

Subversion

DOORS

Job description

Kearfott Corporation, a leader in aerospace and defense, seeks a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to oversee QA across the software lifecycle. The role requires DO-178C familiarity, collaboration with software, systems, and quality teams, and independent process oversight.

Onsite at our Pine Brook, NJ facility, you will participate in reviews, audits, and continuous improvement efforts, ensuring traceability, configuration control, and compliant software delivery for critical navigation and