Quality Assurance and Control Specialist

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Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title:
Quality Assurance and Control Specialist

Job Location:
Ottawa, ON

Job Code: 40475

Job Schedule:
Day Shift

Compensation Range:
Between $67,000 - $117,000 CDN annually

A Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QA/QC) Specialist ensures that hardware components and assemblies meet rigorous military, regulatory, and contractual standards throughout their lifecycle. They perform detailed inspections while also auditing quality processes to ensure consistent compliance with specifications and traceability requirements. The role includes documenting nonconformances, leading root cause and corrective action efforts, performing internal QMS audits, documentation review and verifying and managing the effectiveness of quality systems.

Close coordination with manufacturing, supply chain, project management and engineering teams is essential to maintain high-reliability standards required for mission-critical systems.

• The QA/QC Specialist is accountable for maintaining and improving the organization’s Quality Management System in alignment with ISO 9001 and applicable defense or industry standards. This includes reviewing and controlling documented procedures, work instructions, and quality records to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
• Reviewing controlled documentation to ensure adherence to the required standards/requirements.
• A significant portion of the role is dedicated to audit and compliance activities. The incumbent plans and conducts internal audits across business functions and supports external audits conducted by customers and regulatory authorities. This includes ensuring that audit findings are properly documented, communicated, and resolved within established timelines. Close coordination with stakeholders is required to drive corrective actions and ensure sustained compliance with contractual, regulatory, and internal requirements.
• Performs contract reviews in relation to product quality requirements;
• Notifies management of quality/compliance trends and service failures;
• Advises personnel within the company on matters concerning quality assurance, codes, standards, and programs.
• In a timely manner, performs inspection and verification activities throughout the product lifecycle. This includes incoming inspection of materials and components, in-process verification, final product acceptance/outgoing inspection and source inspection. The specialist validates compliance against engineering drawings, technical data packages, and contractual requirements, ensuring that all deliverables meet defined specifications.
• Identifying, documenting, and controlling non-conforming material, as well as supporting root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions. Trend analysis is performed to identify systemic issues, and findings are communicated to management to support data-driven decision-making and risk mitigation.
• The role may also involve participation in testing, verification, and validation activities, including support for First Article Inspection (FAI) and other qualification processes. Accurate and detailed documentation of inspection results, test data, and traceability records is required to ensure full audit readiness and product accountability.
• Additionally, the QA/QC Specialist supports hardware configuration management activities by verifying product configuration integrity and ensuring alignment with approved baselines. This function is…