Manufacturing Quality Engineer

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Overview :

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Quality Engineering, or related technical discipline. Minimum 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance, testing, validation, or quality engineering environments.

This position is focused on ensuring product quality through software validation, process quality, testing activities, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering and manufacturing teams.

The role involves developing and executing test strategies, supporting quality planning activities, identifying and resolving defects, maintaining quality documentation, and contributing to risk management processes throughout product development and manufacturing lifecycles.

The engineer will collaborate closely with Software Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Technical Teams, and Quality stakeholders to ensure products meet functional, performance, and quality requirements before deployment and release.

This position requires strong analytical skills, structured problem-solving abilities, experience with quality systems and testing methodologies, and the ability to support product quality in fast-paced development environments.

• Key Responsibilities :
• Software Quality Assurance & Validation

Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test suites for software and embedded systems

Perform functional, regression, user acceptance, and production environment testing

Validate software functionality across multiple systems and platforms

Support verification and validation activities throughout the product lifecycle

Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis

Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects using tools such as Jira

Collaborate with development teams to investigate and resolve software issues

Support corrective action activities for recurring quality concerns

Drive issue resolution through structured analysis and follow-up validation

Risk Assessment & Quality Planning

Support risk assessment activities and evaluate detection and prevention controls

Participate in development and maintenance of PFMEAs and Control Plans

Assist in defining quality standards and quality assurance methodologies

Support implementation of preventative quality strategies throughout product development

Cross-Functional Quality Support

Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, and Technical teams

Support readiness reviews and quality approvals for product releases

Assist with validation activities, product assessments, and system evaluations

Provide daily quality support to development and manufacturing organizations

Documentation & Process Management

Translate system requirements into testing documentation and quality protocols

Maintain quality documentation including test procedures, requirements documents, specifications, and validation records

Ensure documentation accuracy and compliance with internal quality standards

Support traceability between requirements, testing, and defect management activities

Agile & Continuous Improvement

Support Agile development methodologies and SDLC best practices

Evaluate post-release product performance using testing results, analytics, and customer feedback

Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency and product quality

Drive continuous improvement initiatives within quality assurance processes

Training & Knowledge Sharing

Support onboarding and training of new team members

Share testing best practices, quality standards, and process improvements

Promote a quality-focused culture across project teams

Profile:

Quality-focused professional with strong attention to detail and a structured approach to problem solving

Comfortable operating between software development, product teams, and manufacturing organizations

Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify risks before they become production issues

Effective communicator capable of working with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Self-motivated and able to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments

Collaborative team player who promotes quality standards and continuous improvement

Organized and disciplined in documentation, testing, and process execution

Must Have:

5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Testing, or Quality Engineering

Experience developing and executing test plans and test cases

Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Experience with defect tracking and quality management tools such as Jira

Experience performing functional, regression, and user acceptance testing

Strong documentation and traceability skills

Experience working cross-functionally with engineering and business teams

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Good to Have:

Experience supporting embedded systems validation

Experience with manufacturing quality processes

PFMEA and Control Plan experience

ISTQB Certification

PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner Certification

Experience with YouTrack or other test management systems

Experience supporting product launch activities

Experience working in automotive or highly regulated industries

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

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