Software Product Assurance Engineer

Role Overview

ReOrbit is looking for a motivated and detail oriented Software Product Assurance Engineer for Space Systems to join our growing team. You will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and safety of software throughout the spacecraft development lifecycle, defining and evolving requirements adapted to lean and agile development practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve software product assurance requirements across the development lifecycle, adapted to lean and agile development practices.
• Apply a criticality-based approach to software product assurance, scaling the level of rigour according to the safety and mission impact of the software item.
• Develop, implement, monitor and review Software Product Assurance (SW PA) plans.
• Oversee and participate in verification and validation (V&V) activities according to defined V&V plans.
• Support Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) activities to mitigate software risks and enhance safety and quality.
• Help drive internal and external reviews of development plans and software designs to ensure seamless integration with the satellite system.
• Participate in the analysis and evaluation of software designs, including change impact analysis and regression testing, particularly for COTS software.
• Support Product Assurance activities across engineering and flight models and associated infrastructure.
• Contribute to estimating and tracking the expected reliability and availability of the satellite platform.
• Support Product Assurance follow-up on supplier discrepancies and defects.
• Support engineering change control, including understanding the Class I / Class II concept.
• Be willing to travel to supplier facilities for audits when required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in aerospace, electronics, information technology, systems engineering, or a similar relevant field.
• Knowledge of software development processes and lifecycles.
• Knowledge of software verification techniques, including testing and inspections.
• Knowledge of software configuration management fundamentals and related tools.
• Clear conceptual understanding of the difference between proactive Product Assurance and retrospective Quality Control.
• Familiarity with non-conformances, deviations, waivers, and corrective/preventive actions (RCA and CAPA).
• Awareness of SW Product Assurance principles and the ECSS/Q Product Assurance philosophy.
• Ability to constructively challenge engineering decisions and ask, “What is the risk?”
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with systems, hardware, software, AIT and suppliers.
• Clear and effective technical writing and communication skills in English.
• Previous exposure to satellite technologies through an internship, thesis, or student satellite project.
• Introductory knowledge of risk management and single-point failure identification.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python and familiarity with NASA software assurance standards.

Skills

• C/C++
• Python
• Software Verification
• Configuration Management
• Risk Management