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Software PA Product Assurance Support Engineer
2019-01-24 16:31:26| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments. Serco Europe employs a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. For our activities in ESAC, we are currently looking for a Software PA Product Assurance Support Engineer. The position is offered as a fixedterm contract until 31122019 with 20 hours per week. Package description Full details on application. Main responsibilities The successful candidate will support to any or all of the following activities Contribute to the establishing of the programmatic and technical software PA requirements within the framework of the ESA Software policy. Evaluate Contractors plans, technical specifications and efforts proposed for the execution of the SW PA programme. Monitor and evaluate SW PA analyses, reports and technical notes. Participate to project reviews, meetings, Configuration Control Boards, Nonconformance Review Boards and Software Review Boards. Prepare design tradeoffs, analyses and reports using metrics to support project decisions. Participate to software product evaluations and process assessments. Establish and maintain databases to track NCRs, RFWs, action items etc. as required. Specific Tasks Good product assurance requires good configuration control and the customer has several people involved in both areas. The customer doesnt have much mission overlap in configuration control while in QA there is a strong input from TEC forming a sort of cross mission QA support with a small group. The small QA group is usually supported by QA functions provided in the missions usually from the configuration control area. A PAQA support also requires certain tools such as SONAR and possibly specific metrics to be run on continuous build system. There should also be PA Risk Management and Document Management plans at the SCIO level which is referred to in the individual SIPs of the missions. In close liaison with SCIOQ and in collaboration with the projectmission managers the PAQA support includes the following tasks Establish the PA requirements and PA plan relevant to the project in compliance with the ESA SW Engineering and Product Assurance standards. Guide and monitor the implementation of PA requirements by the project in order to ensure their proper implementation. Monitor and control the performanceeffectiveness of the processes used during the development of the software. Maintain PAQA processes and procedures relevant to the project including PA documentation. Participate in inspections and reviews scrums, design, code, documentation of the project and directing the necessary preventive or corrective actions. Define and ensure the correct application of problem reporting procedures. Define, implement and perform a metrication program to manage the development and to assess the quality of the development processes and the products. Implement and perform process assessment and improvement. Perform project audits and assessments specifically for quality and configuration practices. Provide support to SCIOQ in PAQA aspects, such as Participate in project reviews when requested Provide feedback on the projects by monthly report Develop and maintain PA procedures and practices applicable to SCIO Provide feedback and support to SCIOQ in configuration management aspects Spot check configuration management practices on all missions, ensuring the correct application of the configuration management procedures Provide support to the development and maintenance of configuration control procedures and practices applicable to SCIO Feedback on risk management project status, performed by crossreference to the SCIO risk policy, Maintain methods and tools relevant to PAQA activities e.g. Sonar tool, verifying and reporting their correct use by the project. Support test preparation data, HW, procedures, etc., witness testing and problem reports registers. Support TRR and TRBs and the setup and maintenance of the test environment when needed. Support configuration manager in preparing testing and deploying software releases. Support the configuration manager with the development, implementation and maintenance of configuration control procedures. Ensure document management process e.g. releases is in conformance with the Document management plan. Support the Risk management process per mission, including participation in regular risk assessment meetings. Support the selection and implementation of the development environment and verify availability to developers and users on time. Ideal candidate The successful candidate will bring a Masters degree in software engineering or computer science with background on space engineering and minimum of 4 years relevant experience. Additionally, the person requires Relevant professional work experience. Familiarity with space product assurance practices together with a good working knowledge of appropriate working tools. Practical experience in applying ECSS SW standards. Specific Competence Requirements Professional experience on SW engineering and productquality assurance. Experience on ESA software engineering processes and standards is an asset. Experience in tools as JIRA, Sonarq, Confluence, Jenkins, Git, Nexus, Maven is an asset. Experience in the development, operation and maintenance of ESA ground segment facilities and some scientific background is an asset. Knowledge and proven experience in the following areas Configuration management of complex systems. Software engineering and PA in critical applications. Important Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law. Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process. Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered. Data Protection When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request. You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time. About the company Serco Nederland BV, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multinational Service Provider with over 50,000 employees worldwide. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here. Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action. If you share our values then join with over 50,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you.
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