Software Product Assurance Engineer Verified today
About the role
The Exploration Company is building innovative aerospace technologies that advance the future of space transportation. We are seeking an experienced Software Product Assurance Engineer to manage the quality of our space projects from a software perspective.
As a Software Product Assurance (SW PA) Engineer, you will be the SW quality focal point for space projects, with a primary focus on the Nyx Earth project. You will serve as an integral member of the Software team, ensuring that our software products meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, and compliance with contractual requirements.
Key responsibilities
- Establish and maintain the project's SW PA&S requirements baseline in compliance with applicable NASA/ESA requirements and best market practices
- Develop and implement a SW Quality Assurance Program in accordance with NASA-STD-8739.8, covering SW quality activities across all project lifecycle phases
- Develop, implement, monitor, and review SW QA plans
- Conduct independent evaluations of software development processes to ensure compliance with organizational standards and safety requirements
- Participate in the analysis and evaluation of software design, including change impact analysis and regression testing, particularly for COTS software
- Oversee and participate in verification and validation (V&V) activities according to a defined V&V plan, ensuring traceability of all requirements and exclusion of unauthorized functions
- Support Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) activities, working with IV&V personnel to mitigate software risks and enhance safety and quality
- Manage SW nonconformities, deviations, alerts, and assess their impact
- Contribute to the risk management process and manage SW Critical Items
- Manage and apply SW lessons learned
- Plan, conduct and follow up on project SW audits
- Oversee configuration management processes to ensure alignment with approved plans, including identification, status accounting, change control, verification, and delivery
- Ensure software reliability and maintainability requirements are met and traceable to system requirements
- Conduct software trade studies to ensure consideration of safety, reliability, maintainability, and quality assurance requirements
- Support HSIA analysis
- Oversee SW integration with hardware
What we are looking for
- Bachelor degree in engineering or technical sciences
- Experience in software assurance, quality assurance, or a related field, particularly within aerospace, aviation or defense industries
- Strong analytical skills and experience with software lifecycle evaluation, configuration management, and V&V activities
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python for software development and scripting tasks
- Proficiency in managing non-conformances and corrective actions
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to conduct rigorous audits, evaluations, and reviews
- Detail and solution-oriented mindset with strong ability to work independently
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a team environment while exhibiting strong leadership skills
- Working fluency in English
Additional assets
- Familiarity with NASA software assurance standards and requirements, especially NASA-STD-8739.8 and NASA-GB-8719.13
- Expertise in Git for source code management; familiarity with GitHub or GitLab for code sharing, issue tracking, collaboration, and version tracking
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment of software updates; familiarity with tools like Jenkins or GitLab CI
- Knowledge of software testing frameworks and automated testing tools such as googletest and gmock
- Experience with static code analysis tools like SonarQube or Coverity to analyze code quality