Software Design Quality Assurance Engineer
BAE Systems· Defense & Space· Oct 23, 2026 · 5d ago
Huntsville, Alabama
Hybrid
Full-time
Mid
$107K–$183K
Job description
Job Description What’s it like realizing your potential at an innovative company that takes on some of the world’s most important challenges? Rewarding. As part of our Precision Strike & Sensing Solutions Quality Organization, you’ll join a diverse group of driven professionals who design the products and systems that support enhanced military capabilities, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure. With us, you’ll be able to make an impact while you hone your skills and grow in your career.
BAE Systems is looking for a Software Design Quality Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will serve as an assurance partner with engineering by influencing and providing technical guidance on design quality assurance. Through early engagement in the design and development phase, the successful candidate will influence the adoption of engineering best practices to identify and eliminate defects early in the product lifecycle. This person will ensure product designs meet customer, quality, and reliability requirements. This position will be responsible for supporting software designs and architectures for all products and may also provide some development support for software engineering teams.
A Software Design Quality Engineer will typically fulfill the following responsibilities: • Quality Planning & Execution: Contribute to software design quality assurance project bid estimates and tailor against contract requirements to develop and execute the software design quality assurance plan.
• Requirements Validation : Ensure internal and external product requirements are understood, validated, and properly traced to design, implementation, and testing and support qualification testing inclusive of system test set-up conformity, test monitoring, and review of qualification test reports and failure investigation reports.
• Test Solution Design and Validation: Ensure test strategies/solutions are properly designed to qualify products while ensuring factory acceptance tests meet the customer intent.
• Product Factory Acceptance Test Support: S upport software testing and verification including automated testing and validation procedures for software integration and modular architecture that focus on repeatability and reliability.
• Design Reviews: Participate in and influence outcome of design reviews and provide constructive design related feedback on engineering documentation including engineering models, test plans, and other development artifacts.
• Change Control: Ensure proper implementation and validation of design changes.
• APQP/AS9145: Support Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) activities such as Software Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (SWFMEA) activities and Key Characteristic (KC) identification.
• Design Optimization: Ensure software coding standards and best practices that focus on systematic and holistic approaches to software development are utilized.
• Risk & Opportunity Management Support: Provide input to technical risk and opportunity management.
• Design Process Compliance and Continuous Improvement: Ensure compliance to design processes , collect and analyze design quality metrics, and cross-pollinate software design best practices across programs to facilitate a culture of continuous improvement.
• Mentorship : Mentor team members in design quality assurance, processes, and regulatory requirements.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills • Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) in a relevant technical field of study
• Capable of obtaining a U.S. Department of War (DoW) Secret security clearance
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with development teams and stakeholders and provide constructive feedback and mentorship to technical teams
• Ability to influence without authority
• Strong problem solving and risk management skills leveraged to ensure that the solutions meet the needs of the business and the warfighter
• Experience in software development life cycle including requirements capture and verification, design and development, and software integration and testing including understanding the purpose of tests and method to validate
• Design review experience
• Technical competency in software engineering:
• Knowledge of Software development tools, processes, and methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, SAFe Agile) and Software testing/approval/release processes
• Evaluate code in programming languages such as C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, etc.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills • Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) in Engineering
• Experience in model-based engineering
• Proficient in requirement management tools
• Capable of troubleshooting using engineering lab equipment
• Familiarity with DO-178
• Knowledge of military aerospace testing standards
• Experience with Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and/or Automotive SPICE (ASPICE)
• Experience with AS9145 APQP (SWFMEA)
• Familiarity with Quality Sciences (8D/RCCA, AS9100/ISO 9001 standards)
• Experience with version control software
• Experience with JIRA or equivalent workflow management
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $107359 - $182510
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems, Inc. BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.
Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
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