18 Senior Quality Engineer

What you'll do

• Stand up and run a lean, effective Quality Management System suitable for a fast-iterating hypersonic hardware programme, aligned to an AS9100 pathway without adding bureaucracy.  

• Own the nonconformance process end to end: containment, root cause, corrective actions, and prevention (NCR, MRB, concessions) with tight turnaround times.  

• Build the quality backbone for prototype to flight hardware, including inspection planning, traceability, and documentation discipline that supports test and readiness reviews.  

• Drive supplier quality for critical components: onboarding criteria, audits (as needed), incoming inspection standards, supplier performance tracking, and rapid resolution of escapes.  

• Partner with engineering and manufacturing to embed DFM/DFA + quality by design early, so we don’t “inspect quality in” later.  

• Define and maintain pragmatic measurement and calibration controls (as appropriate) and ensure controlled processes for special processes where relevant.  

• Create simple quality dashboards that leadership actually uses: escape rate, NCR cycle time, top defect drivers, supplier OTD/quality trends.  

• Be hands-on in the build. When something is off, you are on the floor with the team finding the truth and driving the fix.  

Who you are

• Quality engineer with 4+ years experience in aerospace, defence, advanced manufacturing, motorsport, or other high-consequence hardware environments.  

• Deeply practical: you can run a QMS, but you care more about real outcomes than paperwork.  

• Experienced in NCR/MRB/concessions and closing corrective actions fast with strong root cause discipline.  

• Comfortable operating around flight-critical / safety-critical hardware with traceability and evidence requirements.  

• Supplier-quality capable: you can hold suppliers to a high bar without slowing the programme.  

• Strong judgement: you know when to apply rigor and when to keep it minimal so the team stays fast.  

• Comfortable in ambiguity and pace: you will build systems from scratch and improve them as we learn. 

Security and Elgibility Requirement

Due to the nature of the work with the UK MOD, applicants must be a British Citizen (or Dual UK national with British citizenship) and eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC) and, where required, Developed Vetting (DV) 

What we offer

• A mission driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security. 

• Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow. 

• High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes. 

• A fast paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions. 

• A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly. 

• Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.