Description
Software Quality Engineer opportunity with a leading semiconductor organisation based in The Netherlands. The Software Quality Engineer will work within a team that is responsible for quality improvement for the software cluster. Contributing to quality improvement and control of system and embedded software and the associated software development process.Background: The Software Quality Engineer will work within the Development and Engineering department which is responsible for product development within the sector Marketing and Engineering. The Software cluster is concerned with the design, development, testing and integration of the complete software package which drives a generation of products. It is largely concerned with movement control on nanometer level, user interfacing and customer recipe definition and execution.
Software Quality Engineer comprises of the following tasks and activities:
* Definition and implementation of systems that provide measurement data on achieved software quality and software development process adherence.
* Interpretation of resulting measurement data: identifying deviations from agreed targets, identify causes and propose corrective actions
* Providing support in the analysis of “mishaps” to determine root-causes and identify (process) improvements
* Supporting or leading (small) quality projects that implement agreed (process) improvements
* Coaching teams in (re)-gaining control of both the measured and the customer perceived quality of their software deliveries by providing instructions, presentations, refresher training, moderating reviews, etc.
* Training/coaching new employees in the use of the Software Development process and related tooling.
Education and Training Required:
* Minimum of Bachelor level in Software Engineering or Business Administration
* Green Belt six sigma.
Experience
* 5-10 years of experience in software development.
* Preferably a background or proven working experience in software quality and software process improvement
Personal skills
* Enjoying working in a role that combines technology and process driven way of working
* Strong communication skills to individuals and groups
* Process oriented
* Tenacious but with understanding for work-floor constraints
* Hands-on mentality, result driven
* Team player
This is a long term contract opportunity offering an innovative working environment alongside some of the best engineers and technicians in their field.