
Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer - DO-178C Aerospace
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Wind River Systems is seeking a Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Certification Center of Excellence, our Professional Services Safety Certification team in Bangalore, India. This high-performing engineer will be a critical member of a co-located team generating software and evidence for safety critical systems. The candidate will be responsible not only for ensuring DO-178C compliance but also for designing, implementing/reviewing and maintaining a comprehensive Quality Management System (QMS) aligned with the applicable standards and customer expectations. This role is critical to driving quality excellence across projects and enabling organizational scalability. This engineer will interact with our highly skilled global teams in North America and Europe on a regular basis.
- Oversee process assurance across all software lifecycle phases as per DO-178C / Wind River Plans and Standards
- Conduct independent quality reviews and process audits of project artefacts and deliverables
- Conduct internal audits and drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Responsible for implementation, maintaining and reviewing of the Quality Management System aligned with standards such as DO-178C, AS9100, ISO 9001, and internal business needs
- Responsible for driving the quality system improvements programs in the organization.
- Collaborate with Engineering, PS, and Senior Leadership to embed quality across project execution and delivery
- Possess a good understanding of quality philosophies, methods, tools, and standards.
- Serves as guardian of the software quality for the products we develop and the software services we offer.
- BE/BTech or ME/MTech degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or equivalent.
- 15+ years of software quality assurance experience with at least 5-7 years in DO-178B/C and platform software domains
- Proven track record in setting up and managing QMS in safety-critical domains (e.g. Aerospace, Automotive, etc.)
- Excellent knowledge of configuration management, version control, baseline, traceability, and change control best practices.
- Experience with process audit frameworks and tools (e.g. DOORS, Polarion, JAMA, Git, LDRA, VectorCAST)
- Strong knowledge in software safety standards/ guidelines i.e., DO-178C/ CENELEC 50128 / ISO 26262
- Thorough understanding of software, inspection, reviews, testing, configuration management and auditing processes
- Participation experience in DO-178 SOI audits / Prior experience interfacing with certification authorities or acting as a liaison for customer QA teams.
- Good experience in conducting root cause analysis, deriving corrective and preventive actions, and identifying improvement areas.
- Strong communication, leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong analytical skills
- Implementation experience of ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and SW-CMMI is desirable.
- Working experience in statistical quality control techniques and advanced knowledge in design of experiments is preferred.
- Familiarity with tool qualification activities as per DO-330 or similar.
- Exposure to ISO 26262 or IEC 61508 is an advantage
- Named Top Workplace for the 10th year in a row.
- Wind River's commitment to DEIB
- Birthday and Volunteer Time off
- Competitive Salary & Benefits Package
- Extensive Learning Programs
- Wellness Benefits through Unmind