Senior Software & Model QA Engineer

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace flexibility

Employee clubs

Health and finance workshops

Off-site social events

Museum discounts

Job summary

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Software & Model Quality Assurance Engineer to embed quality throughout software/model lifecycles.

You will provide independent assurance, drive process improvements, and consult with development teams to meet requirements. Responsibilities include designing tests, enforcing best practices, and leading a multi-disciplinary team while ensuring compliance and readiness for government clearance.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's in Computer Science or related field.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Independently execute task assignments.
• Designs algorithms using modern theory and proven techniques, adheres to software best practices.
• Analyzes designs to demonstrate performance and functionality.
• Develops and executes software tests to check requirements.
• Prepares technical data, procedures, reports, drawings, manuals, and other required documentation.
• Communicates with customers and stakeholders to establish requirements and describe the design and deliverables.
• Independently drive solutions to complex problems, develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in their discipline.
• Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
• Leads the design of system architecture, delegating tasks and collecting feedback on designs as needed.
• Lead a medium size team of engineers across multiple disciplines.

Skills

Curiosity-driven

Learning languages

Collaboration

Team player

Organization

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Software & Model Quality Assurance Engineer to embed quality throughout software/model lifecycles.

You will provide independent assurance, drive process improvements, and consult with development teams to meet requirements. Responsibilities include designing tests, enforcing best practices, and leading a multi-disciplinary team while ensuring compliance and readiness for government clearance.