Automotive SW Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities

• Through audits, release readiness reviews, metrics analysis, and quality coaching, you will help teams identify risks early, improve process maturity, and deliver safe, secure, and reliable software products with confidence.
• Independently assess project compliance, raise and escalate quality concerns, request corrective actions, report non-conformities, and participate in release and milestone readiness reviews.
• Quality Assurance Strategy & Governance
• Compliance, Audits & Assessments
• Perform independent process compliance audits, release readiness reviews, and quality assessments. Support internal and external evaluations, including Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, IATF 16949, and customer audits, ensuring compliance and readiness at key project milestones.
• Quality Monitoring & Reporting
• Monitor project health through quality metrics, KPIs, audits, and compliance indicators. Provide objective reporting, identify trends and risks, and deliver actionable insights that support informed decision-making and continuous quality improvement.
• Risk & Non-Conformity Management
• Identify, assess, and escalate quality risks, process gaps, and non-conformities. Facilitate corrective and preventive actions, track resolution progress, and ensure issues are addressed effectively to prevent recurrence.
• Process Improvement & Quality Coaching
• Partner with project teams to promote quality best practices, process adoption, and continuous improvement. Deliver guidance, coaching, and training that enable teams to improve process maturity, efficiency, and product quality.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with software engineers, architects, testers, program managers, safety managers, cybersecurity specialists, and leadership teams to embed quality into every phase of software development and delivery.
• Quality Culture & Organizational Excellence
• Champion a culture of quality, accountability, and engineering excellence across projects and Agile Release Trains. Contribute to process standardization, quality innovation, and organizational initiatives that enhance overall software quality performance.

Requirements

• Must-Have Skills
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and software quality assurance principles.
• Experience with process compliance, audits, assessments, and quality management activities.
• Knowledge of Automotive SPICE, IATF 16949, ISO 26262, and software development best practices.
• Experience working in Agile environments, including Scrum or SAFe frameworks.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and risk assessment capabilities.
• Ability to interpret quality metrics, KPIs, and project indicators to drive improvements.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Good written and verbal English communication skills.
• Nice-to-Have Skills
• Experience as a Scrum Master in Agile/SAFe environments, including facilitation, coaching, and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience supporting customer audits and external assessments.
• Knowledge of ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity processes.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, ELM, Power BI, or quality reporting tools.
• Experience with

Benefits

Additional Information

At NXP Semiconductors, the Automotive Embedded Systems (AAES) Software Quality Assurance Team is dedicated to ensuring that software products, processes, and engineering practices meet the highest standards of quality, safety, security, and compliance throughout the development lifecycle. Operating as an independent organization, we provide objective oversight, governance, and continuous improvement across software projects, Agile Release Trains (ARTs), and product portfolios. Our mission is to enable teams to deliver reliable, safe, secure, and customer-focused automotive software solutions by embedding quality into every stage of development. We work closely with software engineering, system architecture, testing, safety, security, and program management teams to drive process excellence, ensure compliance with industry standards such as Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, and IATF 16949, and support successful customer and certification assessments.

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