A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.Thales Alenia Space Quality Direction is recruiting a Software Assurance Quality Manager for Ground / On Board Software Products/Solutions developed in Roma Site – MAN / WOMANIntegrating a quality team of around 30 persons, on several sites in Italy and France.Job Responsibilities Define and perform all Software Quality Assurance and Control activities on a set of software products under development and/or maintenanceAct as Software Quality Manager, ensuring appropriate interfaces toward the System and/or Software engineering teams as well as toward the internal or external Customers and SuppliersEnsure the Customers as well as the Thales Alenia Space Company Direction about the effective application of the Quality Assurance Rules applied on software products as expressed in the Company Referential and by the ContractsPrepare and attend to reviews and milestones of each allocated software project to guarantee their success and the Customer satisfactionGuarantee that the applicable processes are respected and the full conformance of the delivered productsTake part to the definition and the experimentation of new software Quality processes and approaches related to Big Data and/or Artificial Intelligence developmentsProviding appropriate Key Performance Indicators (KPI) relevant to Quality performance and efficiencySupport the action plan concerning continuous improvement based on KPIs and lesson learnt managementEnsuring that Software Suppliers correctly implement the applicable Software Quality roles and requirements
Initial Qualifications: Software, Aerospace or Automotive EngineerAwaited Skills:
Experience in Software development / testingExperience in Software Quality AssuranceBasics of Software Configuration ManagementExperience in Software for Safety Critical Systems is appreciatedExperience in Cyber Security and/or Big Data and/or Artificial Intelligence Software developments would also be appreciated
Internationally recognized Standards for Software development and qualification such as DO178C or other Automotive / Aerospace / Railway standardsECSS Space Software Engineering and Quality Standards (ECSS-Q-ST-80C / ECSS-E-ST-40C)
Software Quality Management Tools Experience
Knowledge of Requirements handlingSoftware coding rules verification and Software metrics computation (through e.g. Software Non Conformance Report management tool (example JIRA)Software Configuration management tools (example GitLab)