Quality Assurance Manager

MBDA S.A.S.; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Stevenage is seeking a Quality Assurance Senior Leader for the Transfer of Technology project. The successful candidate will lead a team of Quality Assurance Engineers, define quality processes, and provide expertise on product certification. This role offers a salary of circa £60,000 and dynamic hybrid working conditions with 2-3 days per week on-site. Applicants should ideally have experience in operations and excellent interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Salary circa £60,000 depending on experience

Dynamic hybrid working

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to integrate into a wide network.
• Experienced quality professional, preferably within operations or industrial validation.
• Excellent technical product knowledge, ideally in manufacturing.
• Ability to identify risks and drive suitable mitigation solutions.
• Practitioner of current QA problem-solving methods like 8D and RCA.
• Ability to lead a team of Quality Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a senior quality team in Transfer of Technology.
• Generate and review bids and resource estimates.
• Define new quality processes for Transfer of Technology.
• Offer expertise in support of phase gates and product certification.
• Plan quality-focused training to increase process awareness.
• Lead industrial validation activities for quality assurance.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Quality Assurance

Technical product knowledge

Risk management

Problem-solving methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC)

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering

Job description

This opportunity provides the chance to play a pivotal role in the company’s largest ever export contract. The successful candidate will be leading quality assurance activities for the rapidly developing Transfer of Technology venture.

Responsibilities

• Become a senior leader within the growing Transfer of Technology quality team at MBDA, responsible for a team of Quality Assurance Engineers supporting various product transfer programmes (Reporting to the Head of Quality Assurance - Transfer of Technology)
• Generation and review of bids and resource estimates to support new business
• Define new quality processes and plans for the exciting new business area of Transfer of Technology
• Be a trusted advisor and offer subject matter expertise in support of phase gates and product certification for our Transfer of Technology partners
• Plan and facilitate quality focused training to increase quality process awareness
• Lead Industrial Validation activities from a quality assurance perspective

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to integrate into a wide network, across many internal business areas and external partners
• Experienced quality professionals, preferably within operations or industrial validation
• Excellent technical product knowledge, ideally in manufacturing and the ability to flow down knowledge and key activities to third parties
• Ability to identify risks and critical issues and drive forward suitable mitigation solutions with the aim of reducing rework and increasing customer satisfaction
• Practitioner of current QA problem solving and improvement methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC, etc.)
• Ideally, minimum HNC/HND in Engineering would be desirable
• Ability to lead a team of Quality Engineers as well as influencing the wider quality network supporting the programme

What we offer

• Salary: Circa £60,000 depending on experience
• Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on‑site
• Security Clearance: British Citizen or dual UK national with British citizenship required; BPSS checks required