BlackBerry QNX Quality Management Analyst
BlackBerry
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work with Quality Management leadership on the continual improvement of the BlackBerry QNX Quality Management Systems (QMS) towards meeting quality objectives and maintaining certification to ISO 9001.
- Help drive continuous improvement and champion a quality, safety, and cybersecurity culture
- Work closely with development and product management to balance safety, quality, and commercial requirements for customers in the automotive, industrial, medical, and other industries.
- Conduct quality assurance process and work product audits for QNX software projects.
- Conduct Functional Safety Audits and Confirmation Reviews for software safety projects.
- Lead and/or participate in internal and external ISO 9001:2015 quality audits.
- Contribute to Quality and process related responses to customer Requests for Proposal (RFP), questionnaires, and quality agreements.
- Support software development teams relative to quality and the product life-cycle model
- Collaborate with the Safety Manager to ensure the QMS supports functional safety certification activities for ISO 26262, IEC 61508, EN50128 or other safety related standards.
- Considerable multi-functional experience (minimum 6 years) in the technology industry, particularly software development environments, with a focus on quality and project management.
- Appropriate technology related degree.
- Strong verbal, written, project management, and interpersonal communication skills as well as strong customer focus and services orientation.
- Experience in Requirements Management, Configuration Management, Software Development process models, Quality Management Systems, architecture, design, and implementation Application and maintenance of Product Life Cycle models.
- Previous hands-on experience in software development (requirements, design, code, test)
- Effective negotiation skills.
- Direct experience with implementing a software development organizations’ compliance to one or more of the following quality-related standards:
- ISO 9001 or similar Quality Management System standards (mandatory)
- ISO 26262
- IEC 61508
- ISO 21434
- SEI – CMMI
- IEC 62304
- DO-178C
- SPICE ISO/IEC 15504 and/or Automotive SPICE
- EN50128
- Management System auditing - preferably with ISO 9001 or ISO 21434.
- Cybersecurity Management Systems (CSMS).
- Proven knowledge of software safety standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508 or IEC 62304 (ideally across multiple levels).
- Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) experience. Provisional or competent assessor is preferred.
- Knowledge of software quality management systems, quality control methodologies and tools.
- Application and maintenance of Product and Project Life-cycle models.
- Excellent attention to detail with ability to identify gaps/issues/errors but tempered with pragmatism.
- Ability to effectively manage time (e.g., working multiple projects at different stages of their life cycle, with different priorities).
- Excellent relationship management, communication and interpersonal skills gained with multiple audiences including customers, top management, engineering teams, and sub-suppliers.
- A high degree of motivation and ability to work successfully within a team & independently in a standalone role within a global environment.