SPICE System and Software Quality Auditor

LOCATION OF WORK: This is a fully remote working role

CONTRACT LENGTH: 6 months initially

RATE: £50-60 per hour

IR35: This is an outside of IR35 contract

THE ROLE: 

Our automotive client requires a System and Software Quality Auditor with SPICE/ ASPICE experience to join its team for an initial 6 month period.

You will be responsible for auditing and assessing the product development projects to ensure compliance with Automotive SPICE and GREEN New Product Developments and Product Launches.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Approve the project Quality Plans to ensure alignment with SPICE/ ASPICE requirements.
• Schedule and conduct independent quality audits to ensure that Quality Plans and processes are implemented as per project milestones.
• Participate in Sprint reviews, product release meetings, & maturity gates sign off events.
• Verify that the software and systems meet the required customer and internal acceptance criteria.
• Ensure that non-conformances of work products, processes, and process activities with are identified, recorded, communicated to the relevant parties, tracked, resolved, and further prevented.
• Escalate non-conformances to appropriate levels of management
• Monitor and support Quality KPI’s for software and systems development and launch.
• The Systems and Software QA have the authority to stop software releases and raise the RED FLAG for the program.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and competence:

• Certified SPICE Assessor
• 5 years+ of experience with Software and systems development processes
• Relevant technical qualification in embedded software development, electronics, or Electrical Engineering
• Previous experience in a quality role within a high-tech, engineering and manufacturing environment.
• Must be able to go into the details of the software and systems development in line with SPICE requirements
• Excellent communication, problem solving and decision-making skills.

• Experience with the ISO 26262 Functional Safety standard
• Ability for limited travel to our offices/make sites around the world and to our customers globally.
• Support global process development to comply with SPICE and safety standards.