Aerospace Design Quality Assurance Engineer

Safran; Preston; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Job summary

Safran Pitstone is seeking a Design Quality Assurance Engineer to verify engineering designs meet safety, regulatory, and customer requirements before production in a highly regulated aerospace environment.

You will oversee design assurance per EASA/CAA Part 21J and DOH, drive risk mitigation, airworthiness compliance, and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to deliver compliant designs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related discipline.
• Lead Auditor qualification or training.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all design, design change, and continued airworthiness documentation complies with EASA/CAA Part 21J and customer requirements.
• Provide design assurance oversight per DOA and DOH requirements.
• Support design reviews (PDR/CDR) ensuring quality, safety, reliability, producibility.
• Review and validate technical documentation for design intent and performance.
• Drive defect prevention and continuous improvement across engineering and production.
• Facilitate RCCA and FRACA investigations to prevent recurrence of issues.
• Support APQP activities during NPI programmes.
• Champion DFMEA and PFMEA deployment across development lifecycle.
• Compile, review, approve, and report on FAIR and PPAP submissions as needed.
• Conduct and support audits and identify improvement opportunities for compliance.
• Provide guidance on quality tools and methods; be escalation point for product quality.
• Support customer meetings and quality/compliance reviews.

Skills

APQP

FMEA

PPAP

Root Cause Analysis

AS9100

EASA Part 21J

Auditing

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related discipline

Job description

Safran Pitstone is seeking a Design Quality Assurance Engineer to verify engineering designs meet safety, regulatory, and customer requirements before production in a highly regulated aerospace environment.

You will oversee design assurance per EASA/CAA Part 21J and DOH, drive risk mitigation, airworthiness compliance, and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to deliver compliant designs.