Quality Engineer

SGS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

SGS in London is seeking a Quality Engineer to investigate and resolve issues across design, installation, commissioning, and service for energy storage products.

You will lead cross-functional teams, maintain quality records, and support testing and validation to ensure performance and reliability before shipment.

The ideal candidate has 1–3+ years in quality/engineering within manufacturing or energy sectors and a strong track record in driving corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering or quality management.
• 1–3+ years in quality/engineering roles in manufacturing or energy sectors.
• Proven experience driving non-conformities and aligning regional teams.
• Experience with two domains among Software & Controls, Batteries, Inverters, Transformers, Civil Structural, Electrical Systems.
• Strong background in proactive quality systems and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, identify, and resolve quality issues across design, installation, commissioning, and service.
• Lead global engagement to develop and standardize quality processes across programs.
• Maintain quality records such as inspection reports, test data, and NCRs.
• Support quality testing, validation, and system commissioning for energy storage products.
• Triage quality intake, reduce backlog, and prioritize tickets with risk-based evaluation.
• Drive product readiness decisions using quality intelligence with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Quality engineering

Data analytics

Risk management

Supplier quality management

Cross-functional collaboration

Change control processes

Product readiness

Lifecycle improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or related field

Job description

Quality Engineer will be responsible for investigation, identification, and resolution of issues within design, specification, installation, commissioning, handover, service, warranty, and sustaining operations. Responsible:

• Incoming and In Process Support: Support in managing and developing programs and reporting systems for all product types globally in collaboration with Program Management. Lead global engagement to enable shared processes development and usage.


• Issues Resolution Leadership: Lead and drive issues to resolutions through hyper collaboration across the entirety of the Organization. Go to the work and drive a solution for corrective and preventative actions.


• Documentation and Quality Record Maintenance: Maintain quality records such as inspection reports, test data, and non-conformance logs. Ensure documentation is complete, accurate, and aligned with company quality procedures and regulatory requirements for energy storage products.


• Testing and Validation Support: Assist in quality testing activities for assembled battery energy storage containers, including functional testing, safety checks, wiring verification, and system-level commissioning tests. Help ensure units meet performance and reliability standards before shipment


• Issues Triage: Serve as the front line for the quality intake systems and tasked with reducing ticket backlog and intake though the incorporation of lessons learned. Work to ensure tickets are properly assigned, prioritized, and evaluated for commercial risk. Use data analytics to review Non-Conformance Requests in the form of CAPAs, JIRAs, NCRs, and more.


• Product Readiness: Drive product development cycle decisions using quality-based business intelligence systems.
  Qualification & Experience:


• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related technical field required


• 1-3+ years of experience in quality, engineering, or operations roles within manufacturing and or energy sectors, with proven success supporting customer-facing project teams and collaborating across global organizations.


• Proven experience managing quality engineering non conformities and driving alignment across regional organizations.


• Deep understanding of at least two of the following domains: Software & Controls, Batteries, Inverters, Transformers, Civil Structural, Electrical Systems.


• Strong background in developing and implementing proactive quality systems, risk management frameworks, and lifecycle improvement processes.


• Demonstrated success driving product readiness and launch scalability in partnership with engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing teams.


• Strong analytical mindset with a track record of data-driven decision making tied to cost and performance outcomes.


• Experience with supplier quality management, product lifecycle integration, and change control processes.


• Familiarity with quality assurance for product and design changes, including compliance, validation, and risk mitigation.


• 1-3+ Years of working in large scale (100MWpeak +) renewable energy projects or related fields.
  SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 93,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,400 offices and laboratories around the world. Our Corporate Incubation Lab acts as a catalyst to stimulate innovation and develop a pipeline of successful new ventures within SGS. It provides SGS-built early-stage ventures with the support and guidance they need to develop into a new business.