Lead Vehicle Programme Quality Engineer

McLaren Racing; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Wellbeing programmes and assistance

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Senior Programme Quality Engineer to champion the voice of quality from concept through to handover for vehicle programmes. You will influence design, styling and manufacturing while leading quality gateway deliverables and coordinating cross‑functional teams.

You will drive KPI delivery, manage quality costs, and implement preventive actions across programmes, reporting up to senior management with strong communication and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 8D or PPS problem solving capability is essential.
• Methodical approach with strong analytical skills.
• Ability to set and monitor quality targets.
• Basic understanding of SPC, statistics and process capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality gateway deliverables across allocated programmes.
• Govern quality control and develop the project quality plan.
• Ensure quality costs are provisioned in VTC budgets.
• Lead QCA to prevent repeat critical quality issues.
• Prioritise issues to support launch decisions.
• Define quality targets per FPV and customer audits.
• Support DFQ and design/styling decisions for quality.
• Manage quality reporting against MD Process deliverables.
• Lead the programme quality risk assessment.

Skills

8D / PPS

Analytical skills

Quality target setting

SPC basics

Job description

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Senior Programme Quality Engineer to champion the voice of quality from concept through to handover for vehicle programmes. You will influence design, styling and manufacturing while leading quality gateway deliverables and coordinating cross‑functional teams.

You will drive KPI delivery, manage quality costs, and implement preventive actions across programmes, reporting up to senior management with strong communication and collaboration skills.