RT-S/TEC-QQS/00404 Software PA Engineer (20hrs/week)

Job Introduction

Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.

Serco Europe employ’s 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. 

Role Responsibility

For our activities in ESAC, we are currently looking for a Software PA Engineer (20hrs/week).

Tasks and Responsibilities

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 S/W PA programme;
• Monitor and evaluate S/W PA analyses, reports and technical notes;
• Participate  to  project  reviews,  meetings,  Configuration  Control Boards,  Non-conformance Review Boards and Software Review Boards;
• Prepare  design  trade-offs,  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.

In close liaison with SCI-OQ and in collaboration with the project/mission managers the PA/QA service 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 performance/effectiveness of the processes used during the development of the software;
• Maintain PA/QA 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 SCI-OQ in PA/QA 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 SCI-O;
• Provide feedback and support to SCI-OQ 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 SCI-O;
• Feedback on risk management project status, performed by cross reference to the SCI-O risk policy;
• Maintain methods and tools relevant to PA/QA 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.

Successful Candidate

• PhD or Master’s  degree  in  software  engineering  or  computer  science  with  background  on space engineering;
• Minimum 4 years of 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 S/W standards;
• Knowledge and proven experience in the following areas:
• Configuration management of complex systems;
• Software engineering and PA in critical applications;
• Professional experience on SW engineering and product/quality 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.

Please note that the closing date for the applications is on 06/12/2017.

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Package Description

Full details on application.

About the Company

Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 60,000 employees worldwide.

Serco’s 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 on-site 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 60,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you

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