Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Rochester

Salary: Circa £40,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the development teams concerning Quality Assurance tasks and activities
• Planning, conducting, reporting and effectively communicating Quality Assurance tasks and activities
• Supporting senior members of the Quality Assurance department in conducting activities such as non-conformance management, first article inspections, audits, product release and document reviews
• Engagement with project Teams and supporting functions

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of EN9100 (AS9100) Quality System requirements
• Knowledge and some experience of First Article Inspections to AS9102
• Quality Assurance Planning
• Supplier Quality Assurance Management
• Drawing and Document Reviews and Configuration Management
• Experience in Root Cause & Corrective Action investigations

Desirable:

• Awareness of the development life cycle of projects from phase 2 to phase 5
• Knowledge of APQP/PPAP to AS9145
• Previous experience in electronic products
• Proficiency in compliance procedures: Systems / Safety – APR 4754 / ARP 4761

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Quality Assurance Team:

As part of the Quality Assurance Team, you will be implementing the internal Quality Assurance strategy for development projects. This opportunity enables someone with existing Systems, Software and Hardware development experience to gain knowledge and experience of Aerospace standards, in the quality assurance role within the product development lifecycle.

This opportunity will allow you to gain knowledge and experience in the Quality Assurance role within the development lifecycle programme for Safety Critical Systems including processes for Requirements Management, Product Design, Implementation, Verification and Validation.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 10th January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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