Senior Software QA Engineer — Aerospace & Defense

griffonaerospace; Madison (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Job summary

Griffon Aerospace, based in Madison, Alabama, seeks a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure software life cycle products meet approved plans, procedures, and aerospace standards. The role leads audits, evaluates evidence, and guides leadership on software quality risk and corrective actions.

The ideal candidate has deep QA expertise in safety-critical aerospace/defense programs, DO-178C familiarity, and the ability to mentor teams while supporting audits from customers and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of software quality assurance, software engineering, verification, compliance, or related experience.
• Experience auditing software lifecycle processes and evaluating objective evidence in a regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management, requirements traceability, defect management, and corrective-action systems.
• Ability to interpret plans, standards, contracts, and compliance requirements and translate them into audit criteria.
• Ability to maintain independence, exercise sound judgment, and communicate findings constructively.
• Strong leadership, analytical, technical writing, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Must have or be able to obtain a U.S. SECRET security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute software quality assurance plans, audit schedules, checklists, and compliance strategies for UAS programs.
• Lead independent audits and lifecycle reviews of software engineering, verification, configuration management, and release activities.
• Assess compliance with approved plans, standards, contractual requirements, and applicable aerospace software objectives.
• Document nonconformances, evaluate root-cause and corrective-action plans, and verify effective closure.
• Advise program and engineering leaders on software quality risk, process tailoring, objective evidence, and readiness for reviews.
• Review software lifecycle data, traceability, problem reports, baselines, and certification or customer-delivery evidence.
• Support customer, regulatory, and third-party audits while serving as a software quality subject-matter expert.
• Mentor quality and engineering personnel and drive measurable improvements to software processes, metrics, and assurance practices.

Skills

Leadership

Auditing

Regulated environment

Analytical thinking

Technical writing

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software/Quality/Systems Engineering

Tools

ASQ Auditor/Engineer

DO-178C knowledge

Job description

Griffon Aerospace, based in Madison, Alabama, seeks a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure software life cycle products meet approved plans, procedures, and aerospace standards. The role leads audits, evaluates evidence, and guides leadership on software quality risk and corrective actions.

The ideal candidate has deep QA expertise in safety-critical aerospace/defense programs, DO-178C familiarity, and the ability to mentor teams while supporting audits from customers and