QA Quality Engineer
Location: Onsite in Cirencester • Contract: Permanent •
We’re looking for a proactive QA Quality Engineer to support our Quality Assurance function and ensure our products and processes meet the highest regulatory and quality standards.
What you’ll do:
- Evaluate Manufacturing and Quality processes for compliance with ISO 13485, GMP, and FDA 21 CFR 820.
- Support Quality, Manufacturing and cross‑functional teams with investigations, documentation, and continuous improvement.
- Support continuous improvement to manufacturing process through NCRs, root cause analysis and risk management activities.
- Support internal audits.
- Review/approve SOPs and product/equipment specifications.
- Adhere to Quality Management System (QMS) requirements in line with Corin’s Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) as per ISO13485 & FDA21 CFR Part 820.
- Work with multiple stakeholders internally; R&D, Operations and Validation plus many others.
- Analyse quality data, support product complaint investigations, and maintain Quality Dashboards/KPIs.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience in a highly regulated environment e.g. medical devices, pharma, aerospace, automotive.
- Knowledge of upholding core Quality requirements within GMP environment.
- Background in quality, engineering or with manufacturing experience. Degree or HNC/HND in Engineering beneficial (ideally mechanical or biomedical).
- Hands‑on experience in a similar role with quality requirements.
- Knowledge/understanding of core quality concepts such as of CAPA, NCRs, revision control, and root cause analysis.
- Strong organisation, analytical thinking, and decision‑making skills.
- Influencing: Develop a network of internal resources to facilitate completion of tasks, ability to challenge and promote high quality output is key.
- Planning and organising: Complete daily work to meet established schedule, re-prioritise activities to support business needs.
- Driving decision making and making an impact: Exercise authority within pre‐established limits and approval.
What's in it for you:
- A competitive salary £34-42k dependant on experience and a discretionary annual bonus of 7.5%
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Excellent pension – starts at 6%, going up to 9.7% after 18 months.
- Life assurance – Six times your basic salary
- Private medical insurance with BUPA for you and your family
- Free annual eye tests and flu vaccinations
- Employee referral program where you can earn from £1,000 for each successful hire you recommend
Join a company where technology and innovation improve lives every day.
Apply now to be part of our journey.
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Skills Required
- Experience in a highly regulated environment such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, or automotive
- Knowledge of core quality requirements within a GMP environment
- Background in quality, engineering, or manufacturing
- Hands-on experience in a similar quality role
- Knowledge of CAPA, NCRs, revision control, and root cause analysis
- Strong organizational, analytical thinking, and decision-making skills
- Degree or HNC/HND in Engineering, ideally mechanical or biomedical
- Ability to influence stakeholders and promote high-quality outcomes
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and meet established schedules
What We Do
As a leader in orthopaedic innovation, Corin has pioneered a number of landmark developments since its foundation and is proud to have been able to improve the quality of life of thousands of patients around the world through these groundbreaking products. The company’s talented and dedicated teams share a common commitment to deliver quality orthopaedic products and services to patients, surgeons and healthcare providers which exceed expectations and positively impact lives. With an increasingly active and demanding patient population, the need to provide state of the art conservative treatment pathways, in addition to more traditional interventions, has never been more important. Corin’s product portfolio is designed to provide each patient with the optimal solution, utilising some of the most advanced technologies available in the world to enhance implant longevity and performance.
