Principal Quality Assurance Engineer
// Role Summary
Join our growing team as a Principal Quality Assurance Engineer, focusing on New Product Introduction (NPI) across our international supply chain. Develop and implement supplier quality strategies, conduct international surveillance, and contribute to the delivery of complex defence systems.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead NPI quality assurance across a global supply chain.
- Develop and implement supplier quality strategies and requirements.
- Conduct international supplier surveillance and proactive quality assurance.
- Identify and reduce project risks related to process effectiveness and compliance.
- Contribute to the delivery of complex weapons systems.
- Opportunities for professional development and progression within a leading defence business.
// Role Specification
Principal Quality Assurance Engineer
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Quality Assurance Engineer to join our growing team, focusing on New Product Introduction (NPI) across our UK & international Supply Chain. You'll have the ability to further develop as a quality professional, utilising experience by deploying the latest quality tools and techniques internationally, ensuring future continuity in supply chain. You will be a key interface for the applicable suppliers supporting the programme from a Quality perspective.
The role will involve developing and implementing the supplier Quality strategy, establishing and maintaining the supplier Quality requirements and assuring the evolution of the supplier's product and processes. This will also include international travel, conducting proactive supplier Quality surveillance throughout the full lifecycle of the programme. In addition, supporting the identification and reduction of project risk or problem areas / issues associated with process application, process effectiveness and compliance across the applicable supply chain.
You'll become a member of a well-established and value-added team within a world-leading Defence business, directly supporting the delivery of assured, complex weapons systems to both internal and external customers. Opportunities to develop personal, professional and behavioural skills to enable future further progression with the function and business.
What we're looking for:
- Engineer including supply chain or manufacturing experience (Ideally defence, automotive or aerospace experience)
- Quality professional, experienced in process
What we can offer you:
- Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance)
- Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
- Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
- Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
- Flexible working arrangements welcomed
- Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
- Facilities: Subsidised meals, free car parking
- Healthcare Cash Plan: Claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses (optical, dental, wellbeing, etc.)