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Software Quality Assurance; SQA Engineer Jobs in Warren, USA at Offset Strategic Services
Position: Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer
OSS is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business headquartered in Huntsville, AL. We are focused on “Making a Difference” in the lives of our Department of Defense Customers, Communities and Employees. Our greatest strength is our people. We expect competence and character and look for uniquely skilled and passionate individuals bound by a collective vision to bring their best to our mission.
OSS believes in taking great care of our employees, evidenced by our exemplary benefits package: OSS covers 75% of the monthly insurance cost towards employee Health Insurance, we offer multiple Principal product options, and we have a fantastic 401k plan match with eligibility starting on first payroll. If you are interested in an opportunity to join a great mission, supporting awesome customers with a growing company, please reach out to us to learn more!
Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer
Position Summary
The Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer is responsible for ensuring that software development activities, processes, and deliverables comply with established quality standards, contractual requirements, and organizational policies within a regulated development environment.
This role emphasizes process assurance, compliance verification, and quality oversight across the software development lifecycle rather than direct product testing. The SQA Engineer evaluates development activities against approved plans, standards, and procedures to ensure adherence to quality requirements commonly associated with defense, aerospace, and other highly regulated systems development programs.
The SQA Engineer collaborates with engineering teams, program management, and quality leadership to ensure that software products are developed in accordance with defined processes, contractual requirements, and applicable standards.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Software Quality Assurance Oversight
- Monitor software development activities to ensure compliance with approved software development plans, quality management procedures, and program standards.
- Conduct process compliance reviews and audits of software development activities throughout the lifecycle.
- Verify that required software engineering artifacts are produced, reviewed, and approved in accordance with established procedures.
- Ensure adherence to program requirements, including traceability, configuration management, and documentation standards.
- Provide independent oversight of software development processes to ensure compliance with organizational and contractual quality requirements.
Process Assurance and Compliance
- Evaluate project execution against applicable software development standards, organizational quality policies, and contractual requirements.
- Verify compliance with defined processes during requirements management, design, implementation, integration, verification, and release activities.
- Participate in process audits, peer reviews, and milestone reviews to assess compliance with established development and quality processes.
- Identify process deviations or nonconformances and work with project teams to ensure appropriate corrective actions are implemented.
Documentation and Quality Records
- Ensure required software lifecycle documentation is produced and maintained in accordance with contractual and organizational requirements.
- Maintain records of quality assurance activities, audit results, and corrective actions.
- Review technical documentation to ensure compliance with required documentation standards and program data deliverables.
- Support preparation and review of contract data deliverables (CDRLs) related to software quality.
Risk Management and Continuous Improvement
- Identify quality risks associated with development activities and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Support root cause analysis for quality issues, process deviations, or recurring defects.
- Provide recommendations to improve software development processes, quality controls, and program execution.
- Support implementation of corrective and preventive actions to improve overall product and process quality.
Independent Quality Reporting
- Provide objective assessments of process compliance and product quality status to program leadership.
- Escalate significant quality concerns, risks, or nonconformances through appropriate quality management channels.
- Contribute to program quality metrics, status reports, and readiness assessments.
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Responsibilities
Within a SAFe-based Agile Release Train (ART) environment, the SQA Engineer performs quality assurance activities focused on process compliance and quality governance.
Responsibilities include:
- Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning to ensure quality requirements and process considerations are incorporated into program planning.
- Provide oversight to ensure Agile teams operate in accordance with approved development processes and quality standards.
- Monitor adherence to Definition of Done, configuration management practices, and…
Title: Software Quality Assurance; SQA Engineer
Company: Offset Strategic Services
Location: Warren, USA
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