Product Assurance Engineer
The Product Assurance Engineer ensures that products meet functional, performance, and reliability requirements through comprehensive verification, validation, and reliability engineering activities. This role involves cross-disciplinary collaboration to identify and resolve product issues, improve design and processes, and support operational readiness for deployment. The position emphasizes technical problem-solving, automation of testing processes, and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.
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Responsibilities
The Product Assurance Engineer provides independent engineering assurance that products meet requirements, perform reliably, and are ready for deployment. You will work across software, electrical, mechanical, and systems disciplines to verify functionality, investigate issues, analyze reliability, and drive continuous improvement across the product lifecycle.
- Develop verification plans that demonstrate products satisfy functional and performance requirements
- Design, execute, and document verification and validation activities
- Perform system integration, functional, regression, environmental, and acceptance testing
- Verify traceability between requirements, test procedures, and verification results
- Identify product defects, characterize failure modes, and work with development teams to resolve issues
- Evaluate release readiness and provide objective engineering evidence supporting product deployment
- Participate in laboratory, field, and flight testing activities as required
Product Reliability & Operational Engineering
- Analyze product performance, reliability, and operational data to identify trends and risks
- Perform structured root-cause analysis on anomalies and failures
- Recommend design, process, or verification improvements to increase reliability
- Support failure investigations and corrective action activities
- Investigate complex product issues occurring during operational use and reproduce field issues in the lab
- Develop diagnostic tools, troubleshooting procedures, and engineering documentation
- Communicate engineering findings and recommendations to development and operations teams
Automation & Process Improvement
- Develop and maintain automated verification tools and test infrastructure
- Improve verification efficiency through scripting and test automation
- Contribute to continuous integration and automated validation pipelines
- Recommend improvements to engineering processes, release-readiness practices, and verification methods
- Help establish engineering standards for product assurance activities
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Product Management throughout product development
- Participate in design and verification reviews to improve product quality, diagnosability, and testability
- Provide clear, objective engineering input regarding product readiness and operational risk
- Present technical findings through reports and presentations to diverse engineering audiences
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
- Entry-level or early-career engineer (0–2 years of experience)
- Experience developing, integrating, testing, or validating complex technical systems (academic projects, internships, or co-op experience acceptable)
- Strong analytical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills
- Experience performing structured root-cause analysis
- Understanding of systems engineering principles and product development lifecycles
- Ability to work effectively across multiple engineering disciplines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with embedded systems, firmware, or software development
- Background in aerospace, defense, or other mission-critical product domains
- Hands-on experience with systems integration, verification & validation, or reliability engineering
- Familiarity with test automation tools and continuous integration pipelines
Compensation & Benefits
Estimated compensation (from source data): $128,144 per year — reported as an estimate.
Confidential Client offers benefits that may include:
- Health, vision, and disability insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Flexible spending accounts / HSAs
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development
- Parental leave, paid time off (PTO), and company-paid holidays
Programs and eligibility may vary based on hire date, classification, and schedule.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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