Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer (Hybrid - Cedar Rapids, IA)
RTX Corporation2 months ago
Cedar Rapids, IA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$108k - $205k/yr
Responsibilities
- Assure new developments meet customer, company, DO-178, and regulatory requirements.
- Audit and assess engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle for quality and regulatory compliance.
- Apply quality tools including Root Cause Analysis, Variation Reduction, and Key Characteristics.
- Analyze project data for trends and systemic issues and recommend corrective actions.
- Lead efforts to investigate design issues, determine root causes, and resolve development-quality problems.
- Support transition to production by ensuring development and design quality issues are resolved, documented, and communicated.
- Ensure project process tailoring, approvals, and incorporation of current lessons learned.
- Advise project teams and leadership on design quality trends and systemic issues.
- Mentor engineering teams and support high-quality design and development objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 5 years of experience.
- Experience with software development and associated processes.
- Experience with engineering development lifecycles.
- Working knowledge of systems engineering development using ARP4754.
- Experience working with regulatory agencies is preferred.
- Aerospace industry, manufacturing, and associated process experience is preferred.
- Experience leading or mentoring a team is preferred.
- U.S. citizenship is required to access information under the program or contract.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with regular onsite and offsite work; relocation assistance is not available.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and optional insurance coverage.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees, plus paid time off and holidays.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program, and Employee Scholar Program.
- Parental, birth, adoption, and adoption assistance benefits.
- Wellness, fertility and family planning, autism, employee assistance, virtual doctor, second-opinion, and child and elder care programs.
- Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity theft protection coverage.
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About RTX Corporation
RTX Corporation builds aerospace and defense systems through its Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon businesses, serving commercial aviation, the U.S. government, and allied militaries. Its products range from aircraft engines and avionics to radars, missiles, and command-and-control software, sold via long-term OEM programs and defense contracts. Formed in 2020 by the Raytheon–United Technologies merger, RTX is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and trades on the NYSE as RTX.