Software Quality Assurance Specialist 25-04-US02

INTERA Incorporated is looking for a Software Quality Assurance Specialist to join one of our talented teams in Richland, Washington, or Austin, Texas. This is an excellent opportunity to advance your technical skills and grow your career while directly impacting our work at the Hanford Site – one of the largest environmental cleanup projects in the world.

INTERA is passionate about the work that we do, and the positive workplace culture that we’ve developed over our 51-year history. We’re looking to share this with a candidate who is dedicated, collaborative by nature, and a self-starter.

Our corporate purpose is Innovation and stewardship for a sustainable tomorrow.
Join INTERA and help us make a difference today!

 

Location

Our Richland, Washington, office is a winner of a 2024 Best Places to Work Award for the Mid-Columbia region. Meanwhile, our Austin, Texas, office is an Austin American Statesman Top Workplaces Award winner for the second year in a row. Take your pick between these two exceptional locations.

 

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of this position is to meet the software quality assurance (SQA) requirements for software used in performing calculations to support environmental decisions. Essential job functions are:

  • Assisting the SQA Team Lead and Responsible Manager in quality assurance operations
  • Creating and maintaining quality documentation specific to software used at INTERA’s Richland office
    • This involves reviewing and testing commercially available and/or custom-developed software, writing reports per SQA procedures, maintaining software configuration control, data analysis and review
  • Facilitating and processing site-specific training materials for current and future employees of INTERA’s Richland office
  • Performing internal auditing for adherence to SQA procedures governed by the Federal contract
  • Creating, reviewing, and maintaining quality documentation of custom-developed scripts used for pre-and post-processing numerical modeling operations
  • Assisting and developing custom-developed scripts under the guidance of a programming team

 

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of experience in the field of software engineering, computer science, data science, or a related field

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with SQA documentation with a preference for experience working under federal contracts
  • Understanding of and experience writing in modern, common programming languages such as Python and R

 

Competency Statement(s)

  • Initiative – The drive to solve problems and achieve stated deadlines with tasks and projects
  • Communication – The ability to communicate clearly and effectively with fellow INTERAns through oral and written means
  • Detail-Oriented – The need to adhere to subtle and specific details for tasks, procedures and projects
  • Problem Solving – A need to proactively solve problems or reach out for assistance in solving problems.
  • Accuracy – Along with being detail-oriented, the need to perform work operations accurately.

 

Expected Salary range: $79,000 – $110,000

 

About INTERA & Our Benefits

INTERA is a Top Workplaces USA 2024 award winner!

Founded in 1974, INTERA has grown into an international geosciences and engineering consulting firm that helps clients make informed business decisions, mitigate risk, and drive optimal outcomes in a multitude of industries. Building and sustaining a strong company culture is at the heart of INTERA’s practice of good stewardship. We strive to foster an environment where people love the work that they do and the place that they work because we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. As an employee-owned company, we are committed to investing in our people’s needs for security, health, and well-being with:

  • Hybrid work models for on-site employees – work from home and at the office
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance that includes a free health plan option for employee-only coverage
  • 401(k) plan with employer match and a Student Debt Retirement Savings Program
  • Paid parental leave – up to 12 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parents
  • Group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term and long-term coverage – paid 100% by the company
  • Paid holiday, at least 3 weeks of vacation per year, and sick time
  • Opportunities for stock ownership
  • Performance-based bonuses and award programs for technical paper publication and employee referrals
  • Career coaching instead of performance evaluations
  • Tuition reimbursement, financial assistance for professional licensure and registration, and one paid membership to a professional society
  • Pet insurance, LegalShield, IDShield, and more

These are some of the reasons why many of our employees have spent 10 to 25 years at INTERA. We love what we do, and it shows. 



INTERA Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer for Minorities/Females/Veterans/People with Disabilities

INTERA Incorporated participates in the federal E-Verify Program.