SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE SENIOR ENGINEER (DO178C, ISO-26262, ASPICE)

Location – Canada, Onsite or Remote.

Restricted Citizenship. Security and Citizenship Clearance Required

ABOUT WIND RIVER

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy.

The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world.  Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones, including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone.        

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software-defined world.        

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Role

Wind River is seeking an experienced Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Senior Engineer to plan, execute and report software quality assurance activities compliant to ISO-9001/ASPICE as priority in 2024 and additionally DO-178C in 2025.  This position requires proven skills in SQA as well as excellent oral and written communication skills. 

ABOUT YOU

Responsibilities

• Plan, roll out, execute and feedback on ISO-9001/TS-2/ASPICE-3.1 compliant SQA plans (including audits, inspections, reviews and compliance records) for all software development projects.
• Lead Software Quality Assurance (SQA) activities (audit, review, inspect, monitor, problem reports and deviations, change control, release, software conformity reviews) for VxWorks and HVP projects according to WR Generic SQAP (DO-178C), ASPICE 3.1/4.0, ISO-9001, IATF-16949, ISO-26262.
• Define and implement SQA activities for software suppliers.
• Provide Engineering Leadership with compliance status summaries and detailed reports.
• Conduct classification and analysis to identify priorities, root cause and symptoms of deviations.

Qualifications

• BSc degree in an analytical or technical discipline.
• 5+ years demonstrated success in software product safety or quality process compliance.
• Certified Auditor or Compliance Certificate (e.g: ISO 9001 Certified Auditor, ASPICE assessor).

Skills and Experience

Demonstrated experience in the following areas:

• Performing an SQA role in compliance with at least one of the standards ISO-26262, ASPICE, DO-178C.
• Successfully leading compliance activities for several programs.
• Excellent teamwork and communication in cross-functional teams.
• Strong facilitation, project management and training skills
• Developing and training on software quality or safety process models
• Communicating compliance deliverables
• Data analysis, aggregation, presentation and reporting
• Strong communications skills written and verbal
• Ability to review and document compliance issues in software developed in C, C++ and XML.

Benefits 

• Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.
• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.
• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage.
• Matching RRSP.
• Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance.
• Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind.
• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY 

Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.  Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics. 

To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com. 

APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE:                

Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. At Wind River, we strictly adhere to all applicable data privacy laws. Please review Wind River's Applicant Privacy Notice, which can be found here.                    

Security Clearance Requirements   

Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regards to their citizenship in order to perform fundamental job duties, as per applicable law. In particular, candidates with certain citizenship may not be able to perform such fundamental job duties. Currently, this includes citizens of the following countries: Belarus; Burma; China; Cuba; Iran; North Korea; Syria; Venezuela; Afghanistan; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Cyprus; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Haiti; Iraq; Lebanon; Libya; Russia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Zimbabwe. The security clearance process may take a significant amount of time to complete, and any offer of employment will be contingent on the candidate's legal ability to perform the fundamental job duties. Wind River is committed to meeting its obligations to candidates under applicable human rights law and privacy law in this regard.   

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