End-to-End Quality Engineer I — Aerospace/Defense

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Family visa

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for dependents

Education allowances

Job summary

EDGE’s HALCON programme seeks a Programme Quality Engineer I to lead quality assurance across the full lifecycle, from design through production readiness. You will develop and manage the Quality Assurance Plan, provide independent governance, and oversee conformance, testing readiness, and risk management for complex defence systems.

The role requires a degree in aerospace/defence engineering and 6–8 years of QA experience, with ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D knowledge.

Qualifications

• Degree in Aerospace, Aeronautics, Systems, Electrical, Electronics & Mechatronics Engineering.
• 6-8 years of Quality Assurance experience in the aerospace, defence, aviation, or high-precision manufacturing industry.
• Proven knowledge of quality assurance techniques and methodologies (ISO 9001:2015, preferably AS9100D)
• Experience with testing tools and Quality Engineering
• Applied knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning and First Article Inspection tools and techniques
• Background knowledge of guided missiles, drones, UAV, space satellites or complex multidisciplinary systems that include subsystems such as warheads/fuzes, seekers, propulsion/motors, avionics, actuators, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Assemblies
• Technical report writing
• Creativity and innovation

Responsibilities

• Lead Programme Quality Assurance across the full lifecycle, ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, contractual, and company requirements from design through production readiness.
• Develop, maintain, and implement the Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) and ensure quality activities are executed in line with approved plans, standards, procedures, and milestones.
• Provide independent quality oversight and governance, including participation in programme reviews, stage gate reviews, and management reviews, reporting on quality status, risks, and recommendations.
• Manage quality assurance activities covering design, development, integration, verification, validation, qualification, testing, and production readiness to ensure product conformity and readiness.
• Review and approve programme deliverables and quality documentation, including design documentation, FAIRs, quality reports, and key programme data packages.
• Lead non-conformance, deviation, and concession management, ensuring effective root cause analysis, risk assessment, corrective actions, stakeholder communication, and timely closure through appropriate governance processes.
• Oversee testing and product release readiness, ensuring configuration control, traceability, calibration status, safety compliance, and adherence to approved test procedures.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and suppliers to ensure alignment on quality requirements, resolve quality issues, support supplier quality activities, and drive compliance throughout the programme.
• Plan, support, and follow up audits, assessments, and configuration reviews, ensuring findings, actions, and continuous improvement initiatives are effectively implemented and closed.
• Drive continuous improvement and quality culture, using quality metrics, risk analysis, lessons learned, and data-driven corrective and preventive actions to enhance programme performance and product quality.

Skills

Quality Assurance

ISO 9001

AS9100D

Quality Engineering

First Article Inspection

APQP

Technical report writing

Missile/drones knowledge

Education

Degree in Aerospace, Aeronautics, Systems, Electrical, Electronics & Mechatronics Engineering

Tools

Testing tools

Quality testing equipment

Job description

EDGE’s HALCON programme seeks a Programme Quality Engineer I to lead quality assurance across the full lifecycle, from design through production readiness. You will develop and manage the Quality Assurance Plan, provide independent governance, and oversee conformance, testing readiness, and risk management for complex defence systems.

The role requires a degree in aerospace/defence engineering and 6–8 years of QA experience, with ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D knowledge.