Software Quality Engineer - Space H/F - Infinite Orbits
Les missions du poste
About the Company
Established in 2017, Infinite Orbits is a NewSpace company, based in Toulouse, pushing the boundaries of in-orbit services with cutting-edge spacecraft driven by its own Rendez-Vous solution, an advanced Autonomous Vision-Based Navigation Solution. IO has two generations of missions
"Orbit Guard" provides Inspection and Space Situational Awareness services in GEO. Our first, OG-1 was launched on 1 May 2023, the second is launching in 2025 and the third third launching in 2026.
"Endurance" is a docking service capable of extending the life of GEO telecom satellites, by taking over AOCS takeover for 5 years.
As part of the development of embedded software for satellites, we are looking for a Software Quality Engineer responsible for structuring, deploying, and evolving software quality assurance practices within the company, with the goal of formalizing and industrializing the processes, in order to guarantee a reproducible level of quality, better traceability, and compliance with applicable standards, particularly ECSS and ISO 9001.
The role is both operational and cross-functional: it is not just about checking the quality of developments, but about directly contributing to the definition of the methods, processes, tools, and practices.
Job Description
- Definition and deployment of the software quality process:
- Define, document, and maintain software development and quality assurance processes.
- Break down the quality requirements applicable to software projects.
- Participate in the tailoring of ECSS requirements based on project characteristics.
- Set up quality and Software Product Assurance plans adapted to the projects.
- Define the entry/exit criteria for the various phases of the development cycle.
- Ensure consistency between development, verification, validation, and configuration management practices.
- Quality assurance and compliance:
- Verify the effective application of processes on projects.
- Prepare and conduct internal reviews and audits.
- Identify deviations, non-conformities, and quality risks.
- Contribute to the preparation of customer audits and certification audits.
- Traceability and documentation.
- Verification and validation of strategies, tests and environments.
- Continuous improvement of practices and internal framework across projects.
Le profil recherché
Requirements
- Engineering or university degree in computer science, software, embedded systems, or an equivalent field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in software development and/or software quality assurance.
- Experience in environments with strong quality constraints, ideally: space; aerospace; defense; automotive or other critical systems.
- Good knowledge of software development lifecycles and V&V processes.
- Experience setting up or improving quality processes.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 and ECSS standards, ideally ECSS-E-ST-40 and ECSS-Q-ST-80.
- Good understanding of configuration management, traceability, requirements, testing, and anomaly management issues.
- Quality audit experience strongly appreciated.
- Professional-level English essential.
- French nationality is required due to restricted-access projects.
