Software Methods and Quality Engineer

Description:

The Avionics Software department of Airbus India owns the conception, development, production and

support of some of the critical systems on the Airbus aircrafts. Its mission is also to be the Airbus refer- ence and the primary expertise source as far as equipment development and concerned issues.

The development teams are structured by technical domains, and this position is included in the Quality Function interacting with the Avionics Software & System Testing department at Airbus.

The jobholder is responsible for:

 Performing the quality assurance and the quality controls (technical sampling of the avionics software deliverables) in compliance with the DO-178B/ED-12 objectives.  Providing technical support for process, methods and tools of Avionics Software teams.  EASA certification of Avionics Software.  Continuous improvements on processes

Main activities:

The Software Methods and Quality Engineer main activities include:

 Ensuring the efficiency and adequacy of the development methods in particular to comply with certi- fication objectives

 Providing support to the development teams for methods and tools use  Proposing improvements  Verifying the consistency, the completeness and accuracy of the quality documents of the software  Maintaining and updating the Plan for Software Aspects of Certification (PSAC)  Ensuring conformity of the Software Quality Assurance Plan (SQAP) specially the list of applicable rules for software projects  Performing the internal reviews to prepare the external reviews done by EASA

 Verifying the correctness of methods and rules application by performing quality control of docu- ments, source code files, test files or all other relevant life cycle data produced by the development

team, either by samples or exhaustively in compliance with the SQAP  Approving the software documents in compliance with the applicable plans and certification rules  Performing root cause analysis for software anomalies in order to improve development methods  Ensuring consistency, completeness and accuracy of the certification records  Approve the project documents in compliance with the applicable plans  Verify the configuration management of the product life cycle data The Software Methods and Quality Engineer will work in close relationship with the Quality Manager, Software Manager and Development team, Certification Authorities, Methods Specialists, Software Method and Quality Managers of Airbus, France.