Quality Engineer

Company: Novanta
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Location: Stockport
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will be a key technical expert in our global quality organization, leading reliability activities for advanced products and shaping validation strategies. You will collaborate across engineering, R&D, manufacturing and quality teams to drive data-driven improvements that influence product launches and lifecycle performance. This hybrid Stockport position offers exposure to NPI, manufacturing transfers and customer qualifications, with a focus on reliability modeling and actionable insights. Join a collaborative, innovation-driven culture that values autonomy and impact.

Pay / Benefits

  • Hybrid working
  • Career development within a global organisation
  • Collaborative engineering culture
  • Global exposure
  • Strong investment in innovation

Responsibilities

  • Lead reliability validation and qualification activities for cutting-edge products
  • Design and run accelerated life testing programmes
  • Conduct failure investigations and root cause analysis
  • Develop reliability models and performance dashboards
  • Support NPI and manufacturing transfer initiatives
  • Drive corrective actions to improve reliability and customer satisfaction
  • Support customer audits and technical reviews

Key requirements

  • Reliability Engineering
  • Product Validation
  • Failure Analysis
  • Root Cause Investigation
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Manufacturing Environments
  • Data Analytics Tools such as Minitab, JMP, Power BI or Excel
  • collaboration
  • analytical mindset
  • problem solving
  • reliability engineering
  • validation/qualification
  • failure analysis

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Posted: October 1st, 2026