Quality Assurance Engineer – Aerospace Embedded Systems

Mandatory Functional: In depth hands on experience on Process Assurance activities as per DO-178B/C & DO-254 Experience in Participation / Facilitation to Perform Stages Of Involvement (SOI) audits for DO-178 & DO-254 Design Assurance Level Projects Experience in communication/interaction with Customer Quality Focal/Representative and DER in reference to DO-178/DO-254 Sound knowledge & understanding on at least two quality models/standards viz. ISO 9001, AS9100 Good working knowledge on all of the Hardware and Software Development Life Cycle Phases Extensive Audit Experience - Process compliance Audit (PCA), Software & Hardware Design Life Cycle Phase Audit, Internal Quality Audit (IQA), Configuration Management (CM) Audit , Release Audit (RA), First Article Inspection (FAI) Experience in Project Initiation/Kick-Off, Project Planning Phase to Project Closure Very good experience in review of Software & Hardware Design Life Cycle Data (documents/artefacts) Experience in Test Witnessing & Report preparation for Avionics Products Facilitated Customer/External Audit/Assessments and responsible for follow-up on improvement opportunities Experience in defining/driving Avionics Process & Improvements Experience in FPGA Design & FPGA Testing process Good knowledge on Requirements & Configuration management tools like DOORS, Clear Case & SVN etc. Good working experience Problem Reporting & Change Request tools:- Clear Quest and/or any other Defect Management Tools Report, Track and Escalate Process/Product Non-Conformance(NC) to relevant stakeholders Analyse problems, issues and defects and drive Root cause analysis (RCA) to drive Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Experience in interacting with Senior Management to Report on the Quality/Process Compliance/Maturity Collect, Analyse, Interpret and Report Quality metrics at various levels viz., Project, Account/COE wise At least 3 to 6 years of experience in quality assurance activities, preferably in the aerospace and defence industry Mandatory Behavioural: Very good Verbal & Written communication skills with all levels of people & customers Ability to contribute/work independently and also as a team. Possess good team building culture Ability to nurture/mentor/coach the team Desired Functional: Knowledge on various Types of Testing viz., Hardware Software Integration, Software Integration, Functional Tests, Pre-Qualification, Qualification and Acceptance Tests Knowledge on qualification standards - DO-160 Six Sigma Green Belt trained / Certified Internal auditor trained /Certified