Quality Assurance & Compliance Specialist

Saic; Hanahan (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Quality Control Specialist for our Hanahan, SC location. The role supports the Quality System, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control requirements, ensuring work meets Government expectations for customer satisfaction, defect-free products, and fully documented quality processes.

The specialist acts as a technical quality resource, executing audits, inspections, and documentation tasks required of the contract, with emphasis on QAP, CDRL, and MIL-STD-1916 compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience in DoD/government quality systems.
• Experience with QAP, contract-driven QMS processes, and CDRL documentation requirements.
• Experience with process audits and quality inspections.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-1916, FAI, CoC, and defect-prevention methodologies.
• Strong documentation, communication, and root-cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a compliant quality system supporting customer satisfaction and defect-free products.
• Maintain documented processes, procedures, and planning artifacts for an auditable QMS.
• Prepare and deliver QAP and CDRL documentation within required timeframes.
• Support contract-required capabilities including documented processes, issue tracking, monitoring variations, field performance feedback, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Execute inspections including incoming, FAI, CoCs, sampling per MIL-STD-1916, and measurement/analysis metrics.
• Apply ISO/IEC 15288:2015, ISO/IEC 12207:2017, Lean Six Sigma, Risk Management, and Systems Engineering methodologies.
• Support sampling and inspection activities, ensuring all QC evidence meets contract standards.
• Prepare audit findings, nonconformance documentation, and ensure traceability for corrective actions.
• Provide objective evidence including incoming receipt inspections, first article inspections, CoCs, sampling inspections (MIL-STD-1916 Level III), and measurement/analysis metrics.

Skills

Audit experience

Root-cause analysis

Quality documentation

Communication

Quality systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MIL-STD-1916

CDRL documentation

QAP

ISO 9001

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Quality Control Specialist for our Hanahan, SC location. The role supports the Quality System, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control requirements, ensuring work meets Government expectations for customer satisfaction, defect-free products, and fully documented quality processes.

The specialist acts as a technical quality resource, executing audits, inspections, and documentation tasks required of the contract, with emphasis on QAP, CDRL, and MIL-STD-1916 compliance.