Compliance & Quality Assurance Engineer

CS Group USA is a key player in the development and certification of safety-critical systems in the aerospace industry. The Compliance & Quality Assurance Engineer will contribute to the certification of safety-critical avionics systems, working closely with senior SQA engineers and certification specialists to ensure compliance and quality assurance.

Responsibilities:

• Support DO-178C and DO-254 certification activities (SOI-1 through SOI-4) across multiple programs, working closely with senior SQA engineers
• Assist in preparation, review, and refinement of certification artifacts (PSAC/PHAC, SDP/HDP, SVP/HVP, SCMP/CMP, etc.) to ensure consistency and quality
• Develop, review and accept Quality Assurance Plans (SQAP/HPAP) to ensure certification compliance
• Perform SQA audits, compliance checks, and support gap tracking between planned processes and actual execution
• Understand, update, and maintain QMS systems in compliance with ISO9001, AS91000, and other equivalent industry standards in addition to ensuring compliance to customer specific standards
• Support day-to-day certification execution, including:
• Organizing deliverables
• Tracking review comments and closures
• Maintaining certification evidence packages
• Participate in configuration management and change control activities (e.g., CCB, baseline tracking)
• Assist in preparing for customer, DER, and internal audits
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure certification requirements are properly implemented and understood
• Learn and support traceability activities (SRQ/HLR/LLR/test/evidence)
• Contribute to improving internal SQA processes, templates, and workflows to enable repeatable certification execution
• Shadow and learn from senior SQA engineers to build deep knowledge of FAA certification approach and tools

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Software, Systems, Electrical)
• 3 to 8 years of experience in software engineering, software quality, or system engineering
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle and documentation practices
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to learn quickly in a structured, process-driven environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across engineering and program teams
• Willing to work independently and coordinate with technical teams. Able to work directly with customers
• Willingness to grow into a long-term certification and SQA role
• U.S. citizenship required; dual citizenship must be disclosed
• Good experience in SQA and certification in aerospace/avionics