Aerospace Design Quality Engineer: NPI & Compliance

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Design Quality Engineer to ensure designs meet EASA/CAA Part 21J airworthiness and customer requirements, with a strong focus on risk mitigation before production.

The role is based on-site in Pitstone/Hertfordshire on a 12-month contract, with responsibilities including design reviews, documentation validation, and leading APQP and PFMEA/ DFMEA activities across DEV programs to sustain quality and producibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, science, or engineering highly desirable.
• 3 to 5 years' experience in aerospace industry or equivalent at engineering, design & development, or quality positions.
• Knowledge of ISO9001, AS9100 QMS standards deployment and implementation.
• Understanding and demonstrated application of EASA/ CAA part 21J.
• Experience in internal and external audit and auditing techniques, lead auditor trained preferred.
• APQP Tools knowledge with proficiency demonstrated working with PPAP, FMEA and MSA.
• Problem solving proficiency including 8D, RCCA, FRACA with Six Sigma DMAIC principles and Green or Black being desired.
• Configuration and data management experience.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, CAD models and technical specifications.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all design, design change and technical documentation for product continued airworthiness meet EASA/ CAA Part 21J airworthiness and customer requirements.
• Support design reviews PDR/ CDR and all stages of DEV program to integrate quality, safety and producibility into initial design.
• Technical documentation reviewed and validated to confirm design performance.
• Facilitating and supporting root cause corrective actions (RCCA), failure reporting and corrective actions (FRACA) analysis & practical problem-solving activities with corrective action sustainment monitoring in place to prevent in service failures.
• APQP tools deployed for NPI to improve designs prior to full production.
• Actively supporting DFMEA/ PFMEA, Quality champion during DEV process stages for FMEA update.

Skills

Engineering drawings

CAD models

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace/engineering

Tools

PPAP

FMEA

MSA

ISO9001

AS9100

EASA Part 21J

Job description

JAM Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Design Quality Engineer to ensure designs meet EASA/CAA Part 21J airworthiness and customer requirements, with a strong focus on risk mitigation before production.

The role is based on-site in Pitstone/Hertfordshire on a 12-month contract, with responsibilities including design reviews, documentation validation, and leading APQP and PFMEA/ DFMEA activities across DEV programs to sustain quality and producibility.