Requirements Traceability & Quality Assurance Specialist

TekPillar®; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TekPillar® seeks a Requirements Traceability & Quality Assurance Specialist to support requirements engineering, traceability, QA, and capability development across defence programmes.

The role emphasizes lifecycle management, traceability, quality, DOTMLPFI alignment, and data governance, with emphasis on version control and CAPA processes. Active DoD-style security expectations apply, with DOORS Next as a key tool.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Management, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 5+ years in Requirements Engineering/Management in the last 10 years.
• Experience with DOTMLPFI traceability and ISO 9001 processes.
• Experience facilitating requirements sessions and authoring requirements.
• DoD/defence program experience and security clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support requirements engineering across the full capability lifecycle.
• Elicit, capture, develop, analyze, and maintain high-quality requirements.
• Manage traceability, quality, completeness, and change control.
• Evaluate traceability across DOTMLPFI lines of development.
• Lead requirements workshops and act as a requirements author/facilitator.
• Manage CAPAs identified via quality/process reviews.
• Maintain repositories with version and configuration control.
• Develop traceability criteria and quality reports.
• Produce independent QA reports, assessments, and briefings for leadership.
• Support configuration and change management of requirements.
• Contribute to directives, SOPs, and governance; use DOORS Next or equivalents.

Skills

Requirements engineering

Requirements management

Traceability

Quality assurance

Change management

CAPA

Configuration control

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Engineering degree

Management / Information Systems degree

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS Next

Job description

We are seeking a Requirements Traceability & Quality Assurance Specialist to support requirements engineering, traceability, quality assurance, and capability development across complex defence programmes.

The role focuses on requirements lifecycle management, traceability, requirements quality, DOTMLPFI alignment, configuration and change management, and requirements data governance.

Security Clearance: Active Secret-level security clearance required

Key Responsibilities

• Support requirements engineering and requirements management across the full capability lifecycle.
• Elicit, capture, develop, analyze, evaluate, and maintain high-quality requirements.
• Manage and assess requirements traceability, quality, completeness, consistency, and change control.
• Evaluate requirements traceability across DOTMLPFI lines of development.
• Support requirements development workshops and act as a requirements author/facilitator.
• Manage Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) identified through quality and process reviews.
• Maintain requirements repositories and ensure appropriate version and configuration control.
• Develop and maintain requirements traceability criteria and quality reports.
• Produce independent quality assurance reports, assessments, and briefings for programme leadership and stakeholders.
• Support configuration and change management of requirements throughout the lifecycle.
• Contribute to directives, standard operating procedures, process improvement, lessons learned, and requirements governance.
• Use IBM Rational DOORS Next or equivalent tools to manage requirements and traceability data.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• University degree in Engineering, Management, Information Systems, Accounting, Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, Operations Research, Programme/Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience within the last 10 years in Requirements Engineering and/or Requirements Management, including elicitation, capture, development, analysis, evaluation, traceability, quality, and change management.
• Experience evaluating requirements traceability across DOTMLPFI.
• Experience developing and facilitating requirements sessions and/or authoring requirements.
• Recent experience within the last 5 years managing requirements through formal configuration and change management processes.
• Recent experience within the last 5 years working within processes formally certified to ISO 9001.
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS Next or an equivalent requirements management tool.
• Experience supporting capability development and requirements quality assurance.
• Nationality of one of the NATO member countries.
• Strong analytical, organizational, reporting, and stakeholder-management skills.