QUALITY ASSURANCE ENG II

SUMMARY:

The Quality Assurance Engineer reports to the Quality Assurance Manager to ensure department values are consistent with the company's quality standards and program specifications and requirements. The position works in collaboration with internal clients and program staff to meet quality standards and customer expectations. The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for managing and ensuring compliance of the CMMI comprehensive quality management plan for the program.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implements the project's Quality Assurance Plan.
• Adheres to established CMMI processes and responsible for executing the CMMI quality requirements to satisfy the quality-related expectations of the customer.
• Collects, organizes, and analyzes organizational project data to assess customer satisfaction.
• Authors program related documentation as appropriate.
• Performs product quality control, peer reviews and/or audits to assess compliance with stated requirements.
• Responsible for developing and implementing QA plans and procedures that conform to the PPQA Process Manual.
• Conducts a series of audits, reviews, and inspections during the project life cycle and maintain quality conformance records.
• Provide QA of the software development effort conducted through analysis and review of evaluation reports and review of the testing procedures.
• Participate in software testing activities concerned with test case, test procedures and requirements tracking.
• Play and active role in peer reviews, verification, and validation of code prior to inclusion into the configuration managed baseline and assures that code is adequately reviewed, all defects are closed, the review is properly closed, and verifies revision of files slated for integration into the baseline is correct
• Ensure the program's structured quality processes are compliant by having a series of checks and balances.
• Monitor the Issue/Action Item Recording, Tracking and Resolution Database to ensure AI are closed in a timely manner.
• Monitor compliance with applicable requirements and reporting finding to the staff and to the Program Manager.
• Evaluate noncompliance issues and elevate to higher management levels to achieve resolution.
• Analyzes the number of noncompliance issues identified per review, how long it takes the work product to clear the review process.
• Support the program's documentation delivery process and participate in Peer Reviews.
• Monitor Corrective and Preventive Actions and participate in the root cause analysis process and track to completion.
• Conduct reviews, audits, and inspections of the project's work products and tasks
• Conduct verification and validation of the project's work products
• Identify trends and challenges, develop plans to correct problem areas, generate trending report graphs and charts.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Three (3) to five (5) years of work-related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• CMMI Certificate
• Bachelor's degree in field related to Quality Assurance
• Possess the ability to gain a DOD security clearance
• Applicant must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools.
• Knowledge working quality for software development projects.
• Communicate clearly, both written and verbal, with team members of all levels: Oral, Presentation, and Technical Writing.
• Ability to organize and track multiple activities and prioritize task based on importance.
• Experience reviewing and interpreting project plans, DIDs, MIL-STDs and Specifications to determine compliance with requirements.
• Effective interpersonal skills, leadership, and attention to detail.
• Effective problem-solving skills, and short-term and long-term planning skills.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES (continued):

• Strong knowledge of Word, Excel & PowerPoint
• Problem-solving abilities and the ability to meet reasonable deadlines
• Quick learner, creative, analytical thinking, resourceful, and able to work independently
• Familiar working in Agile/Scrum
• Experience with CMMI-DEV Maturity Level processes and procedures - desired

JOB CONTEXT / PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is be operated in an office type environment. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision while performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.

Phoenix Defense is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Phoenix Defense, LLC and its family of companies maintains a Drug-Free Workplace Program.

Phoenix Defense and its group of companies is an agile provider of engineering, manufacturing, information technology, Modeling & Simulation and logistics services to the defense, aerospace, and critical infrastructure markets. The company is made up of talented experts, with years of defense and commercial industry experience, who reliably solve technical and programmatic challenges related to aerospace design and manufacturing, as well as complex logistical challenges related to delivery of critical infrastructure (Medical, Energy, IT and Transportation).

Phoenix Defense, recognized on the 2019 & 2020 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, is looking for talent that can easily integrate into a success-oriented team environment where the focus is on positive customer engagement and outcomes in the form of superior quality and on time delivery permeates our culture.

We recognize great talent through empowering employees to succeed while offering:

• Top tier PTO (Paid Time Off)
• 10 paid Holidays
• Medical, dental, vision the first of the preceding month after hire
• Educational Assistance Reimbursement
• LTD, 401k and other optional benefits