Software Product Assurance Engineer

Software Product Assurance Engineer

D-Orbit

Fino Mornasco, Italy

Job description:

We are looking for a Software Product Assurance Engineer with a solid experience in Software Product Assurance to join our team. You will become part of a growing and dynamic Quality and Product Assurance group granting quality of software components across a range of embedded and high-performance applications both in ground and space segments with responsibility for the Quality Management System at D-Orbit.

You will contribute to the entire project lifecycle with a focus on development process, quality metrics, failure modes analysis, configuration management, test, and maintenance plans of software applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the establishment, implementation and continuous improvement of D-Orbit Product Assurance organization;
• Control, through every phase of the software development lifecycle, that the organisation, resources and processes are commensurate to the Products or Service quality levels committed by internal and external stakeholders;
• Ensure software processes are followed correctly and consistently;
• Define and monitor quality metrics across software lifecycle;
• Manage software configuration to ensure availability and traceability of software products;
• Contribute to the definition of an effective non-conformance control system, and support the documentation, follow-up and closure of anomaly reports and non-conformance reports, including the follow-up of Request for Deviation/Request for Waiver status;
• Ensure the maintenance and control of:
  • Qualification Status Lists;
  • Status of PA reviews;
  • Audits Status Reports;
  • List of Deviations and Waiver requests;
  • Non-conformances (minor and major) List;
  • Critical items List.
• Contribute towards the definition, implementation and follow-up of dependability, reliability and availability of the programme, including maintenance and update of RAMS models and review of RAMS analysis (e.g. MECA, FTA, Common Mode and Common cause);
• Scouting of the latest state-of-the-art tools and processes within the software discipline and driving their adoption within the group.

Requirements:

• Appropriate professional experience of at least five years in the space field;
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to work with and analyze large data sets;
• Experience with any automated testing tools, test processes and test-driven development;
• Knowledge of typical software development methodology and release versioning processes;
• Knowledge of applicable standards on software development and validation (such as ECSS or DO-178) Familiarity with the Git versioning system or any similar DVCS
• Capability of working in autonomy;
• Resilience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment;
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively;
• Knowledge of any topics within embedded application software, real-time operating systems and electronics is considered a plus.

Education:

• Bachelor or higher engineering degree, in any relevant area such as electronic engineering, computer science or automation.

Language:

• Full professional proficiency of English language is mandatory, any other language is a plus, Italian is an asset.

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