QNX Senior Quality Manager

Worker Sub-Type: Regular

Job Description: QNX enhances the human experience and amplifies technology-driven industries, providing a trusted foundation for software-defined businesses to thrive. The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions, and development tools, along with support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. With a focus on reducing hardware dependency and increasing efficiency, QNX empowers organizations to unlock new possibilities in areas like high-performance computing at the edge, standards-based virtualization technologies, and cloud enablement. QNX® technology has been deployed in the world’s most critical embedded systems, including more than 275 million vehicles on the road today. QNX® software is trusted across industries including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, robotics, commercial vehicles, rail, and aerospace and defense.

Are you the person we are looking for?

The QNX Quality and Process Management team is growing and we’re looking for a talented quality system professional to join us. You will apply your knowledge of software quality standards, models, processes and apply these towards quality and functional safety certifications applicable to automotive, industrial, rail, medical, A&D and other industries. You will also perform a wide range of assignments contributing to the corporation’s certified Quality Management System (QMS) including but not limited to, quality and process assurance activities, participating in internal quality audits and process engineering support for process improvement initiatives. We are looking for someone is collaborative, with a desire and willingness to facilitate successful outcomes for people and process, a tenacious appreciation for quality and attention to detail.

In return for your skills, expertise and enthusiasm, we will provide you with an attractive compensation & comprehensive benefits package. You will also have the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic global environment, working alongside outstanding colleagues, delivering a ground-breaking embedded OS.

You will:

• Partner with the QNX Quality Manager on the continual improvement of our Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS) towards meeting quality objectives and maintaining certification to ISO 9001 and ISO/SAE 21434.

• Help drive continuous improvement and champion a quality and safety culture

• Collaborate closely with development and product management to balance safety, quality, cybersecurity, 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.

• Support internal and external ISO 9001:2015 quality audits.

• Contribute to Quality and process related responses to RFPs and customer questionnaires.

• Support SW 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 or other safety related standards.

• The above describes essential responsibilities and activities. Depending on organizational requirements, other duties may be assigned including project management and coordination for non-product corporate initiatives.

You will have:

• Experience in the technology industry, particularly software development environments with a focus on quality and project management.

• Appropriate technology related degree or equivalent experience.

• Strong verbal, written, project management and interpersonal communication skills as well as strong customer focus and services orientation.

• Experience in Requirements Management, Configuration Management, SW 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 influencing skills.

Specialized 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/SAE 21434
  • SEI – CMMI
  • IEC 62304
  • DO-178C
  • SPICE ISO/IEC 15504 and/or Automotive SPICE
  • Management System auditing - preferably with ISO 9001

• Knowledge of software quality management systems, quality control methodologies and tools

• Application and maintenance of Product Life cycle models

• Experience in process modelling (preferably functional safety ISO26262 in a process modelling tool and traceability)

• ASPICE experience or provisional/competent assessor nice to have

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Compensation Hiring Base Salary Range: $96,000.00 - $135,000.00

Please be advised that the compensation hiring range indicated herein is provided solely as a good-faith estimate of expected base compensation for the position. The actual compensation offered will be determined at the time of hire and is contingent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, demonstrated skills, and results of assessments conducted during the hiring process.

Bonus: The BlackBerry Variable Incentive Pay (VIP) program is an organization-wide bonus incentive program which aims to reward full-time eligible employees for their contribution to BlackBerry’s success. VIP payments are made in addition to base salary and factor in company’s performance as a way for employees to share in BlackBerry’s achievements.

Benefits: The BlackBerry Employee Benefits programs offer a wide range of benefits that support your physical, financial and personal well-being. BlackBerry remains committed to offering affordable benefits including coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, retirement, employee share purchase program and paid-time-off to those that meet the eligibility requirements.

Disclosure of Position Status: This is an active opening. We are seeking to fill this position immediately

Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence: We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by our hiring team.