Automotive Quality Engineer: Vehicle Build & Release

Prodrive Technologies; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Prodrive is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure vehicles, components and processes meet engineering specs, customer requirements and internal quality standards at our Birmingham Car Build facility. You will develop and maintain quality controls across the build process from incoming inspection to final release.

You will lead root-cause investigations, implement permanent corrective actions, manage non-conformities, and support vehicle inspections with data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Quality Engineering role within automotive, aerospace, motorsport or a regulated engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of APQP, PPAP, FMEA and SPC.
• Hands-on in proto/low-volume production environments.
• Excellent analytical skills and data-driven mindset.
• Balance quality requirements with production, cost and delivery considerations.
• Ability to interpret complex drawings, CAD and GD&T.
• Strong communication to influence at all levels, internal and external.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations using appropriate tools to establish root causes and coach team members.
• Implement robust, permanent corrective actions and contain non-conforming material.
• Provide technical quality support for vehicle inspections and develop processes for recording vehicle condition and specifications.
• Perform in-process inspections at quality gates to ensure conformity and consistency.
• Maintain core quality tools documents (PPAP, control plans) and use KPI data to identify trends and drive improvements.

Skills

Quality engineering

Automotive

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

SPC

Root cause analysis

GD&T

CAD

Data analysis

Job description

Prodrive is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure vehicles, components and processes meet engineering specs, customer requirements and internal quality standards at our Birmingham Car Build facility. You will develop and maintain quality controls across the build process from incoming inspection to final release.

You will lead root-cause investigations, implement permanent corrective actions, manage non-conformities, and support vehicle inspections with data-driven decisions.