Senior Software QA Engineer: Aerospace & Defense Compliance

Griffon Aerospace; 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 in Madison, Alabama, is seeking a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure software lifecycle processes meet aerospace standards and contractual requirements.

You will lead audits, develop QA plans, and mentor teams, applying DO-178C, MIL-STD-882 guidance, and configuration management practices to support safety-critical UAS software.

A bachelor's degree and 7+ years' experience are required, with ability to obtain U.S. SECRET clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of software quality assurance, software engineering, verification, compliance, or related experience.
• Demonstrated experience auditing software lifecycle processes and evaluating objective evidence in a regulated environment.
• Strong working knowledge of configuration management, requirements traceability, defect management, and corrective-action systems.
• Experience interpreting plans, standards, contracts, and compliance requirements and translating them into audit criteria.
• Ability to maintain independence, exercise sound judgment, and communicate difficult 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

Analytical skills

Technical writing

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/SE/Quality Eng/Systems Eng)

Tools

DO-178C

MIL-STD-882

ASQ Auditor Certification

Job description

Griffon Aerospace in Madison, Alabama, is seeking a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure software lifecycle processes meet aerospace standards and contractual requirements.

You will lead audits, develop QA plans, and mentor teams, applying DO-178C, MIL-STD-882 guidance, and configuration management practices to support safety-critical UAS software.

A bachelor's degree and 7+ years' experience are required, with ability to obtain U.S. SECRET clearance.