Quality Engineer - Electrification & Moulding

Unipart; Coventry; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

33 days holiday

Job summary

Unipart Manufacturing in Coventry is launching a flagship project combining high-volume electrification assembly with complex injection moulding. You will be a hands-on Quality Engineer driving day-to-day quality control, process compliance, and technical assurance across assemblies to meet customer and defence standards.

You'll work with ISO 9001/AS9100 and AQAP 2110/DEF STANs, apply APQP/PPAP, and use tools like FMEA, SPC and MSA to assure quality, identify root causes, and support PPAP

Qualifications

• Quality Engineering Experience - Practical background as a Quality Engineer within automotive, aerospace, defence, or advanced manufacturing environments
• Technical Standards Exposure - Working knowledge of ISO 9001 or AS9100, with exposure to defence standards (AQAP 2110, DEF STANs) or regulatory frameworks considered a strong advantage
• Manufacturing Inputs - Hands-on experience with electro-mechanical assembly, plastic injection moulding inspection (ISO 20457 / UL 94), or welded fabrications
• Core Quality Toolkit - Proficiency in standard quality tools including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, and 8D/5-Why root-cause analysis

Responsibilities

• QMS and Process Control - Maintain quality control plans, execute process audits, and support Quality Management Systems (QMS) across production and New Product Introduction (NPI)
• Standards Compliance - Support adherence to quality management systems (ISO 9001, AS9100) and defence procedural standards (AQAP 2110 / DEF STANs)
• Specialised Process Quality - Perform dimensional checks, MSA studies, and quality assurance for electrification assemblies, plastic injection moulding tolerances, and structural welds
• Problem Solving and Documentation - Facilitate internal, customer, and supplier quality investigations using 8D problem-solving, maintaining Certificates of Conformity (CofC), and compiling PPAP documentation
• SHE and Safety Compliance - Strictly follow Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) procedures and support statutory and security compliance across all quality checks

Skills

Quality engineering

APQP/PPAP

FMEA

MSA

Tools

ISO 9001

AS9100

AQAP 2110

DEF STANs

Job description

Unipart Manufacturing in Coventry is launching a flagship project combining high-volume electrification assembly with complex injection moulding. You will be a hands-on Quality Engineer driving day-to-day quality control, process compliance, and technical assurance across assemblies to meet customer and defence standards.

You'll work with ISO 9001/AS9100 and AQAP 2110/DEF STANs, apply APQP/PPAP, and use tools like FMEA, SPC and MSA to assure quality, identify root causes, and support PPAP