Software Quality Assurance Engineer - #1071

Draper Laboratory is a not-for-profit, independent research institution that incorporated out of MIT. Draper has the freedom to work on problems that are too risky or too early to attract commercial industry. After demonstrating that a system solution is feasible, we complete our mission by transitioning the technology to industry for volume production.

We are looking for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a range of experience to join our evolving QA team.  You must have hands-on experience working with a development team contributing to product design and  working with that team to identify and resolve issues.

You should possess a clear understanding of the Software development process life cycle and specific knowledge of quality processes. 

This position offers an excellent opportunity for advancement as our QA organization grows.  This is a great opportunity for someone to work with first-of-a-kind prototypes in a research environment.  Draper offers  a variety of challenging  technical projects to work on.

Responsibilities:

Provide life-cycle support for large-scale hardware/software integrated projects with real-time embedded software.

Design, development, review and maintain of test plan specifications and documentation including quality plans, test plans, test requirement and test cases.

Ensure that work meets or exceeds project performance, reliability and quality goals.

Review and analyze project Software Requirement specifications.

Identify areas for team or process improvement.

Participate in specifications reviews to help clarify features and testing requirements.

Ensure that all code changes made during the testing cycle are verified.

Qualifications:

BS degree in a technical discipline with at least 10 years of demonstrated experience in quality processes.  Plus possess leadership skills including the ability to research, plan and execute tasks with limited supervision. 

When applying for this job at the Draper career page, the ID# is 1071.