Contracts Specialist

Fidus is a global high-tech design firm headquartered in Ottawa, with additional design centres in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Jose. We specialize in leading-edge electronic product development, with hardware, embedded software, FPGA/ASIC, and signal integrity teams working together to design and deliver next-generation products for clients in emerging technology markets. 

Position Overview 

The Contracts Specialist is responsible for drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing the full lifecycle of contracts to ensure legal compliance, favorable terms, and alignment with organizational policies and strategic objectives and goals. This includes preparing solicitations, evaluating proposals, drafting agreements, and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards. As the company dually operates across Canada and the United States, this individual must be comfortable operating in both geographies.   

What You’ll Be Doing:  

• Draft (as required), review, and revise contracts, amendments, and procurement agreements. 
• Ensure compliance with the company’s Services Provider Policy and the company’s Legal Playbook. 
• Manage the governing Terms & Conditions for all RFPs and RFQs.  
• Negotiate contract terms with vendors, clients, affiliates, corporate independent contractors, and partners.  
• Review and ensure ongoing compliance of independent contractor terms, agreements and associated SOWs across all jurisdictions in North America. 
• Provide support in ensuring employment agreements are legally compliant across relevant jurisdictions in North America. 
• Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and organizational policies. 
• Maintain contract repositories and track key dates and renewals.  
• Analyze contract performance and identify improvement opportunities.  
• Coordinate with Legal, Procurement, HR, Sales, IT, M&A, Finance, and other departments.  
• Resolve disputes, manage modifications, and oversee contract execution.

Who You Are:  

• Bachelor’s degree in business, law, or related field or the equivalent. 
• Knowledge of legal terminology and regulatory requirements across Canada and the US. 
• Prior experience in integrating acquisitions including obtaining customer consents and assignments, moving acquired contracts onto Fidus paper, bringing them into our repository, consolidating vendors, and tracking any contract-linked earnout milestones. 
• Strong background in AI and leveraging that to strengthen the company’s tools and systems with respect to contracts. 
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.  
• Contract drafting and redlining skills. 
• Negotiation and pricing fundamental skills. 
• Risk assessment and compliance knowledge 
• Procurement and sourcing familiarity. 
• Stakeholder management and communication. 
• Attention to detail and document management. 
• Proficiency with Salesforce or comparable contract management systems. 

This position may require access to export-controlled information subject to ITAR and EAR. Candidates must be a U.S. person as defined under 22 CFR 120.62, or be eligible for an export license, and may be required to complete security screening.

Our competitive compensation package also includes a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401(k) contributions, annual profit-sharing bonus, along with other supplementary benefits 

We also recognize that candidates show interest throughout different career stages and welcome all applications. When there is a great fit, the level of the role may be shifted as applicable. 

About Fidus & Why Work Here

Since 2001, Fidus has completed over 4,000 projects for more than 400 customers across industries including Telecom/Datacom, Aerospace & Defence, Consumer, Semiconductors, Industrial/Automotive Controls, and Medical. As a Premier Adaptive Computing Partner for AMD North America, we combine deep technical expertise with industry-leading tools to solve complex design challenges. 

Fidus designs high-speed, high-complexity electronic systems using emerging technologies, often well before they reach the broader market. Our teams work across FPGA/DSP, hardware, embedded software, verification, SI/PI, PCB layout, and mechanical/thermal design to deliver real products for our customers. 

Our work spans space and satellite systems, next-generation communications and networking, high-performance compute and storage platforms, advanced video and imaging, and industrial, medical, and automotive systems. We are not tied to a single product or industry—our work follows the technology, not just one roadmap. 

At Fidus, collaboration is at the core of how we work. We value openness, trust, and shared ownership, and we create an environment where people are encouraged to contribute ideas, learn from one another, and have a meaningful impact through the work they do. 

If all of this excites you, has your attention, and you can’t wait to join our amazing team and work environment, then we want to hear from you!   

Curious what it's actually like to work here? Take a look at our Working at Fidus page. 

Fidus has a commitment to ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process. Automated tools (including AI) support our initial screening of applicants against our job posting to identify candidates whose qualifications, experience, and skills align most closely with the position requirements. All further candidate assessments and final selection are conducted by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions. 

Thank you for your interest in Fidus. We welcome and encourage diverse candidates to apply. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Fidus is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.