Senior Aerospace Product Quality Engineer – PPAP Lead

AL TARIQ; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE is a UAE-based advanced technology group focused on defence and emerging technologies. The Senior Product Quality Engineer role sits within Powertech propulsion programs and requires leadership across supplier quality, APQP/PPAP approval, and product verification to ensure robust design and manufacturing processes.

The position involves coordinating with Design Engineering, Supply Chain and suppliers, and mentoring junior engineers while driving continuous improvement in quality systems and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in aerospace quality, supplier quality, product quality or manufacturing engineering.
• Authority-level experience reviewing and approving APQP, PPAP (AS9145) and first article inspection (AS9102) packages.
• Strong GD&T application, tolerance interpretation and drawing analysis capability.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve supplier APQP submissions including process flow diagrams, PFMEA, control plans and measurement systems analysis, in line with AS9145.
• Review and approve production part approval (PPAP) packages against the agreed submission level, and issue written approval prior to serial delivery.
• Review and approve first article inspection reports in accordance with AS9102, including ballooned drawings, characteristic accountability and actual measured results.
• Determine full or partial FAI requirements arising from design, process, material, tooling, location or sub-tier changes, and from production lapses.
• Hold approval gates closed where evidence is insufficient, and articulate the technical basis for the decision to program and commercial stakeholders.
• Review supplier quality requirement compliance and assess supplier submissions against contracted obligations.
• Define inspection and acceptance requirements for supplier-manufactured parts, including sampling strategy, inspection method and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and issue incoming inspection plans to Assembly, and support validation of inspection methods and gauging.
• Define key characteristics with Design Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering, and ensure they are correctly flowed to suppliers and reflected in control plans.
• Review measurement systems analysis and gauge capability evidence supporting product acceptance.
• Assess supplier process capability evidence against Cpk requirements on designated key characteristics.
• Create and administer material review records during new product introduction, and coordinate disposition with Design Engineering as design authority.
• Review supplier concession and deviation requests, assess technical justification and containment, and coordinate approval.
• Review supplier 8D submissions and verify effectiveness of corrective actions, including read-across to similar parts and processes.
• Support Supply Chain on serial-phase nonconformance matters requiring product approval or configuration expertise.
• Coordinate design change implementation with Design Engineering, Supply Chain and suppliers, ensuring changes reach suppliers only through released, revision-controlled drawings and formal change notices.
• Assess change classification and determine resulting FAI, PPAP and inspection plan impacts.
• Verify supplier acknowledgement of change notices, implementation dates and serial or batch cut-in points.
• Maintain product approval status records and configuration traceability for assigned part numbers.
• Participate in supplier gate reviews and industrialization reviews as the product approval authority.
• Conduct on-site product audits and source inspection where required, including verification of inspection practice and records.
• Support supplier readiness for product approval submissions without assuming responsibility for their preparation.
• Act as technical authority for product approval and acceptance within the team.
• Mentor Product Quality Engineer I and II staff and support their development.
• Develop and standardize product approval procedures, review checklists and acceptance criteria.
• Report product approval status, submission quality trends and escape data to management.

Skills

Aerospace quality experience

APQP/PPAP expertise (AS9145)

First article inspection (AS9102)

GD&T and drawing interpretation

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Mechanical / Aerospace / Manufacturing / Materials / Metrology Engineering

Job description

EDGE is a UAE-based advanced technology group focused on defence and emerging technologies. The Senior Product Quality Engineer role sits within Powertech propulsion programs and requires leadership across supplier quality, APQP/PPAP approval, and product verification to ensure robust design and manufacturing processes.

The position involves coordinating with Design Engineering, Supply Chain and suppliers, and mentoring junior engineers while driving continuous improvement in quality systems and