Compliance & Quality Assurance Engineer

About the role

As a Compliance & Quality Assurance Engineer, you will contribute to the certification of safety-critical avionics systems. You will work closely with senior SQA engineers and certification specialists to provide Quality Assurance Plans (SQAP/HPAP) to ensure certification compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support DO-178C and DO-254 certification activities (SOI-1 through SOI-4) across multiple programs, working closely with senior SQA engineers
• Affiliate in preparation, review, and refinement of certification artifacts (PSAC/PHAC, SDP/HDP, SVP/HVP, SCMP/CMP, etc.) to ensure consistency and quality
• Develop, review and accept Quality Assurance Plans (SQAP/HPAP) to ensure certification compliance
• Perform SQA audits, compliance checks, and support gap tracking between planned processes and actual execution
• Understand, update, and maintain QMS systems in compliance with ISO9001, AS91000, and other equivalent industry standards in addition to ensuring compliance to customer specific standards
• Support day-to-day certification execution, including: Organizing deliverables, Tracking review comments and closures, Maintaining certification evidence packages, Participating in configuration management and change control activities (e.g., CCB, baseline tracking), Assisting in preparing for customer, DER, and internal audits, Working closely with engineering teams to ensure certification requirements are properly implemented and understood, Contributing to improving internal SQA processes, templates, and workflows to enable repeatable certification execution
• Shadow and learn from senior SQA engineers to build deep knowledge of FAA certification approach and tools

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Software, Systems, Electrical)
• 3 to 8 years of experience in software engineering, software quality, or system engineering
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle and documentation practices
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to learn quickly in a structured, process-driven environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across engineering and program teams
• Able to work independently and coordinate with technical teams
• Able to work directly with customers
• Willingness to grow into a long-term certification and SQA role
• U.S. citizenship required; dual citizenship must be disclosed

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle and documentation practices
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to learn quickly in a structured, process-driven environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across engineering and program teams
• Able to work independently and coordinate with technical teams
• Able to work directly with customers
• Willingness to grow into a long-term certification and SQA role
• U.S. citizenship required; dual citizenship must be disclosed