Engineering Process Manager, Software

The Engineering Process Manager, Software serves as the independent quality governance authority across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). This role is responsible for defining quality criteria, establishing phase-gate decision frameworks, evaluating release readiness, managing quality risks, governing corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and driving continuous improvement across software products.

Quality Governance & Decision Ownership

• Own quality governance across all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Define and maintain quality gate criteria, acceptance criteria, and phase-exit conditions.
• Evaluate phase readiness and facilitate Go, Conditional Go, and No-Go decisions.
• Act as the independent quality authority supporting release readiness, risk management, and governance compliance.
• Ensure defined SDLC processes, deliverables, and phase-gate requirements are followed across requirements, development, verification, and release activities.
• Document quality decisions, risk assessments, and release recommendations to ensure traceability and accountability.

Requirements & Design Quality Governance

• Establish measurable quality criteria during requirements definition.
• Ensure requirements traceability throughout the SDLC.
• Validate that deliverables meet defined acceptance criteria before phase transitions.
• Ensure required inputs, outputs, approvals, and deliverables are completed before progression to the next development phase.
• Promote proactive quality practices that prevent downstream defects and rework.

Release Readiness & Risk Governance

• Assess release readiness using objective quality, operational, and risk metrics.
• Evaluate residual risk prior to production releases.
• Facilitate risk-based Go, Conditional Go, and No-Go decisions.
• Maintain documented decision history and release rationale.
• Support release governance across software and system-integration environments.

Cross-Functional Governance

• Facilitate alignment across Product Management, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Release teams.
• Provide visibility into quality risks, process compliance, and readiness assessments.
• Influence quality outcomes through collaboration, communication, and data-driven decision-making.

CAPA & Continuous Improvement

• Own Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) governance processes.
• Lead systemic root cause analysis efforts.
• Drive recurrence prevention strategies across products and releases.
• Monitor effectiveness and closure of corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen quality governance, traceability, and decision-making processes.
• Develop metrics and KPIs that support quality decisions and release readiness.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve product quality, process efficiency, and organizational maturity.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in software quality, engineering process management, systems engineering, software development processes, or related disciplines.
• Experience with SDLC governance, release readiness, risk management, requirements traceability, and quality gate processes.
• Experience driving root cause analysis, CAPA, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, embedded systems, networking, telecommunications, medical device, automotive, aerospace, or other complex hardware-software environments.
• Experience working within integrated hardware and software product development environments.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, configuration management, release governance, and risk-based decision-making.
• Experience establishing, governing, or improving engineering quality frameworks and development lifecycle processes.

Benefits & Perks – What's In It For You

Panasonic is committed to supporting your total wellbeing through a wide variety of benefits and wellness programs to support your physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health. Here's what you can expect:

• Health Benefits – Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Voluntary Benefits – Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
• Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP) – 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Paid Time-Off Benefits – Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental and caregiver leave.
• Educational Assistance – Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
• Health Management and Wellbeing Programs – Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.

We Take Opportunity Seriously:

At Panasonic, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Fairness and Honesty have been part of our core values for more than 100 years and we are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer.

The salary range listed below is just one component of Panasonic's total package. Actual compensation varies depending on the individual's knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives. *The minimum hourly wage for this role will be the greater of the posted range, or minimum wage for the location where the employee will be working, subject to local minimum wage requirements.

We understand that your career search may look different than others and embrace the professional, personal, educational, and volunteer opportunities through which people gain experience. If you are actively looking or starting to explore new opportunities, send us your application!

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S.

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