Quality Engineer

Overview

As Quality Engineer, you own the QMS to enable shipping flight- and road-ready lightweight structures. You will write quality plans, run audits, manage suppliers, produce FAIR reports, and turn production data into improvements. You’ll shape quality as the factory scales and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive robustness. This role offers meaningful impact in a fast-growing, innovation-driven environment.

Pay / Benefits

• private healthcare
• pension scheme
• stock options
• career growth opportunities
• innovation-focused culture
• global impact opportunities

Responsibilities

• Build and run quality control: develop, implement and maintain procedures ensuring parts meet specs and regulatory standards
• Solve problems at the root: perform root cause analysis and implement effective corrective actions
• Make production better: lead improvements to reduce defects and boost quality and efficiency
• Own the paper trail: maintain inspection, audit, test and corrective action records (including FAIR and ISIR) and report findings to management
• Audit and keep us compliant: conduct internal audits against quality standards and regulatory requirements
• Manage supplier quality: collaborate with suppliers to meet standards and resolve issues quickly
• Grow quality culture: train production staff on quality standards and tools
• Collaborate across teams: feed quality learnings back into product design and manufacturing processes
• Let the data lead: analyse defect rates, returns and quality data to spot trends and prioritise improvement

Key requirements

• 3+ years in a Quality Engineering or related role
• Working knowledge of QMS frameworks (e.g. ISO 9001, AS9100), tools (e.g. FMEA, SPC) and techniques (e.g. root cause analysis, Six Sigma)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency with quality testing equipment, measurement tools and software
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to work with both shop-floor teams and management
• Sharp attention to detail and a commitment to high standards

• communication and interpersonal skills
• problem-solving mindset
• attention to detail
• QMS frameworks ISO 9001, AS9100
• FMEA
• SPC

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