Software product assurance manager

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At D-Orbit, we're pioneering the future of space logistics and transportation. Established in 2011, our company has been at the forefront of helping businesses unlock the full potential of the final frontier—profitably and sustainably.

As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse group of highly skilled individuals, all driven by a shared passion for innovation and excellence.

We are looking for a Software Product Assurance Engineer to join our team. You will become part of a growing Product and Quality Assurance group. Within this team, you will own the quality of software components across a range of embedded and high-performance applications in space. Within a continuous integration environment, you will contribute to the entire project lifecycle with a focus on the development process, quality goals, failure modes analysis, configuration management, test, and maintenance plans of software applications. Through these activities and by working with the key stakeholders in the development process you will assure the smooth delivery of exciting new software features into space.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor every phase of the software development lifecycle to ensure the quality goals are met via the recording of quality metrics
• Ensure software processes are followed correctly and consistently
• Manage software configuration to ensure availability and traceability of software products
• Manage the software processes with a focus on continuous improvement and checking if they are fit for purpose
• Track software defects and non-conformances, collaborating with all team members to resolve them and ensuring the root causes are addressed for the future
• Scouting of the latest state-of-the-art tools and processes within the software discipline and driving their adoption within the group
• Additional duties may be assigned as needed.

Required Skills & Experience

• You will have at least some of the following skills:
• Experience working within a quality assurance environment
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to work with and analyze large data sets
• Experience with any automated testing tools, test processes and test-driven development
• Knowledge of typical software development methodology and release versioning processes
• Knowledge of applicable standards on software development and validation (such as ECSS or DO-178)
• Familiarity with the Git versioning system or any similar DVCS
• Capability of working in autonomy
• Resilience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work hard in a team setting to meet tight schedules
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively
• Knowledge of any topics within embedded application software, real-time operating systems and electronics is considered a plus
• Deep knowledge of AI tools

Education

Bachelor or higher engineering degree, in any relevant area such as electronic engineering, computer science or automation.

Language/IT

Full professional proficiency of English language is mandatory. MS Office Proficient

Extra-UE Applicants

This is NOT a full remote job, so you need VISA to work in Italy. At this time, we can only consider applicants who already have the legal right to work in the country where the role is advertised. Some activities must be carried out in our facilities, many others are location-independent, and they can be performed effectively even remotely.