Quality Assurance Engineering Specialist

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Aplin has partnered with our Ottawa-based client to recruit a Quality Assurance Engineer. You will assist in identifying, developing and deploying the necessary processes through the design lifecycle, procurement, manufacturing or delivery of services, test, and initial operations of the program. Job activities may include program quality planning, cross-functional business and production process development, process implementation, assessing and implementation of corrective actions and improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the point of contact for constellation segment mission assurance activities and deliverables
• Working with engineers, staff and suppliers to implement the mission assurance program requirements
• Review and approval of quality plans to contractual requirements
• Participate in design and manufacturing reviews to ensure the necessary quality criteria and provisions to permit effective design, manufacture, inspection, test and integration of product and software
• Review engineering and supplier documentation to determine quality requirements
• Lead the review and disposition of non-conforming material
• Initiate Corrective Action and Preventive Action processes
• Perform assessments, inspections, or audits of the company or its suppliers
• Establish trend analysis of performance metrics, identifying appropriate actions to correct and drive needed improvement

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of experience in a mission assurance or quality role, preferably in the field of satellites or the telecom industry
• Expertise in failure and anomaly investigation, corrective and preventative action
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in dealing with engineers, internal and external stakeholders, senior management and staff
• Ability to assess technical status and issues in hardware, software and operations
• Experience in performing internal and supplier audits
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement identification and implementation
• Professionalism and takes direction well; organized, displays sound judgment, has solid problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Capacity to work effectively with diverse teams and personalities
• High level of expertise in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment

David Aplin & Associates Inc., operating as Aplin, and its associated brands, CompuStaff and Impact Recruitment, is an award-winning employment agency connecting diverse, top-tier talent with exceptional organizations across North America. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and charge no fees to apply or engage with our recruiters. Our clients partner with us to help expand and diversify their teams. Please note that all applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any necessary work permits.

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