System Quality Engineer

Job Summary

The System Quality Engineer (SQE) for Hardware-Only projects is responsible for providing independent quality governance, assurance, and oversight across the project lifecycle. This role ensures that project risks, health status, and validation evidence are accurately represented, visible, and aligned with actual conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Governance & Quality Oversight:
  • Perform regular project health assessments to validate alignment between reported and actual conditions
  • Provide independent oversight of project quality, risk visibility, and governance processes
  • Maintain clear boundaries between oversight and execution, ensuring project teams retain delivery ownership
• Risk, Issue, and Data Validation:
  • Review project risk and issue tracking (RIDAC) for quality, aging, categorization, and visibility
  • Identify incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate data and flag for PM correction
  • Escalate recurring or unresolved issues to maintain transparency and accountability
• Project Health & Reporting:
  • Validate Project Health Assessment (PHA) against verified project conditions
  • Identify and challenge misalignment between reported status and actual progress
  • Support consistent and accurate quality reporting (e.g., weekly updates)
• Risk Identification & Escalation:
  • Proactively identify risks, gaps, and inconsistencies
  • Differentiate between isolated issues and systemic patterns
  • Escalate recurring issues and support corrective action through governance channels
• Quality Standards & Documentation:
  • Define and maintain quality documentation standards, templates, and runbooks
  • Ensure validation evidence requirements are clearly established and understood
  • Support audit readiness by ensuring documentation is accessible and complete
• Validation & Evidence Assurance:
  • Verify that validation activities have been completed and are supported by evidence
  • Confirm documentation demonstrates:
  • What was validated
  • Who performed validation
  • When validation occurred
  • Escalate gaps in validation evidence or documentation
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Provide guidance to PMs and project teams on quality expectations and governance standards
  • Reinforce accountability and role clarity across project teams
  • Redirect execution-related requests to appropriate owners

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Quality Management, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience in project quality assurance, governance, or systems engineering
• Strong understanding of risk management, project lifecycle, and quality processes
• Experience working with project tracking and reporting tools (e.g., ADO, ServiceNow, or similar)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive pay range: $110,000 - $125,000
• Local and global opportunities
• Career growth and development
• Flexible and casual culture
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee perks and discounts
• Learning and development resources
• Referral and bonus programs
• Recognition and rewards