Quality Design Engineer

Guidant Global; Filton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global, partnering with Airbus, is recruiting a Quality Design Engineer for the Filton site. The role focuses on shaping quality from early aircraft design, working with cross‑border teams to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement from design through lifecycle.

Key activities include leading improvement projects, root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions to enhance engineering deliverables and product maturity.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience within quality, engineering or a closely related environment.
• Understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
• Experience with root cause analysis and structured problem-solving (8D/9S).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver improvement projects that support Engineering Wing quality targets.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and practical problem-solving activities.
• Establish and drive corrective and preventive action plans to improve engineering performance.
• Identify risks and issues affecting the quality of engineering deliverables.
• Develop and support standardised mitigation plans to reduce product and process risks.
• Support deployment of quality standards across the engineering organisation.
• Define measurement standards and identify opportunities to improve process performance.
• Capture and share lessons learned to improve organisational efficiency and product maturity.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, suppliers and stakeholders across international locations.
• Undertake occasional travel when required.

Skills

Project management

FMEA

Root cause analysis

Communication (English)

IT skills (G Workspace/MS Office)

German language

Engineering drawings

Job description

Quality Design Engineer

Location: Filton, North Bristol

Working arrangement: 100% onsite

Hours: 35 hours per week across 4.5 days, worked between 7am and 7pm, subject to business requirements

PAYE rate: £26.16 per hour

Umbrella rate: £35.00 per hour

Travel: Occasional

Clearance: BPSS+ clearance required

IR35: Inside

Interview process: One-stage onsite interview

Help shape quality from the earliest stages of aircraft design.

Guidant Global is working in partnership with Airbus to recruit a Quality Design Engineer to join the Quality Engineering Airframe Wing organisation at the Filton site.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to quality performance across multiple aircraft programmes. You will work closely with engineering teams and suppliers based across Europe, America and Asia, helping to resolve quality issues and deliver continuous improvement from the initial design phase through the full product lifecycle.

The role offers exposure to complex aerospace engineering programmes and the opportunity to develop your experience in quality improvement, root cause analysis, risk mitigation and engineering performance.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and deliver improvement projects that support Engineering Wing quality targets.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and practical problem-solving activities.
• Establish and drive corrective and preventive action plans to improve engineering performance and associated deliverables.
• Identify risks and issues affecting the quality of engineering deliverables.
• Develop and support standardised mitigation plans to reduce product and process risks.
• Support the deployment and application of quality standards across the Engineering organisation.
• Define measurement standards and identify opportunities to improve process performance, reliability and repeatability.
• Capture and share lessons learned to improve organisational efficiency and product maturity.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, suppliers and stakeholders across international locations.
• Undertake occasional travel when required.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Relevant experience within quality, engineering or a closely related environment.
• Knowledge of project management principles.
• Understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
• Experience or understanding of root cause analysis and structured problem-solving techniques, including 8D and 9S.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
• The ability to learn quickly and approach a varied workload with a positive and proactive attitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong IT skills, including Google Workspace or Microsoft Office.
• Practical experience is valued more highly than specific formal qualifications.

Desirable

• Aerospace experience, although candidates from automotive or other transferable engineering environments will also be considered.
• Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management and Product Data Management systems.
• Understanding of engineering drawings and modification management.
• Experience within a design or manufacturing engineering environment.
• German language skills, both written and verbal.
• Programming or scripting experience using tools such as JavaScript, Google Apps Script or Python.

Why Join?

Work on high-profile aerospace engineering programmes within Airbus. Build valuable experience within an international engineering and supplier environment. Take ownership of quality improvement projects with measurable impact. Develop your capability across root cause analysis, risk management and continuous improvement. Work a 35-hour week across 4.5 days.

Inclusive Recruitment

Guidant Global is committed to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will consider transferable experience from aerospace, automotive, manufacturing and other relevant engineering sectors.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you.