Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality

Description

The company builds advanced systems, and this role sits within its software quality function for the Woodland Hills, CA site.

The title can be filled at either the Principal Engineer Software Quality or Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality level, with experience requirements set by level.

Responsibilities

• Create, adjust, put into use and keep up quality evaluation plans that support programs turning software and materials into partly or fully finished products.
• Work with program and engineering management to plan program quality and set quality objectives.
• Partner with the Engineering Process Group and with software and systems engineers to make sure quality standards exist and are followed.
• Help run verification and validation testing on software and system products.
• Support audits of quality systems, find nonconformances, and drive corrective action.
• Check that corrective measures meet acceptable quality standards and that documents comply with requirements.
• Help software engineering gather and report metrics.

Requirements

• Familiarity with quality management systems such as ISO 9001, AS9100, or similar.
• For Principal Engineer Software Quality: a bachelor's degree in engineering or another STEM field plus 5 years of relevant software development and integration work, or a master's degree in engineering or another STEM field plus 3 years of the same.
• For Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality: a bachelor's degree in engineering or another STEM field plus 8 years of relevant software development and integration work, or a master's degree in engineering or another STEM field plus 6 years of the same.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and/or Spiral development processes.
• Experience collecting software data and metrics for reporting.
• An active Top Secret clearance.
• US citizenship is required.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
• Experience with Linux.
• Experience with Git.
• Experience with MS Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Preferred: experience in a software engineering environment in an engineering role, including work plan review and root cause and corrective action analysis.
• Preferred: experience with software code review and willingness to learn new software tools.
• Preferred: a software development or software engineering background with an Agile or DevSecOps mindset.
• Preferred: experience with GitLab.
• Preferred: experience with Windows 11.
• Preferred: experience with AS9100 or ISO 9001.
• Preferred: MPR.

Conditions

Fully on-site in Woodland Hills, CA, with no travel.

No relocation assistance is available.

The base salary range for the Primary level is $103,600.00 to $155,400.00, and for the Secondary level it is $129,300.00 to $193,900.00.

Final base pay is a general guideline and depends on the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, but it may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let employees share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.