Quality Engineer: Hands-On Medical Device Testing

Elix Sourcing Solutions; Buckingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monday - Friday

25 days holiday

Direct mentorship

Private health insurance

Job summary

Elix Sourcing Solutions in Buckingham is seeking a Quality Engineer to join our hands-on, high-stakes manufacturing environment. You will split time between the engineering office and the shop floor, performing rigorous testing and inspection.

Under mentorship, you will learn calibration controls, master our QMS, and grow into a certified specialist in medical equipment quality.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and interest in quality careers.
• 1–2 years in a precise, regulated hands-on sector preferred for Junior role.
• Open to ambitious graduates seeking mentored entry into quality engineering.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pneumatic and pressure testing and certify equipment.
• Inspect parts on the shop floor and measure tight tolerances.
• Investigate root causes and help redesign processes.
• Manage calibration logs and support audit readiness.

Skills

Pneumatic testing

Quality inspection

Root cause analysis

QMS compliance

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Are you tired of pushing paper in a sterile QA office?

Or perhaps you're an engineering graduate who loves the hands-on grit of the workshop, but wants a highly lucrative, stable career path in quality?

Most Quality roles keep you chained to a spreadsheet, hunting down minor spelling errors on documents. This isn't one of them.

Quality Engineer
Buckingham
35,000- 40,000

• Monday - Friday
• 25 days holiday
• Direct mentorship
• Private health insurance

Why This Role is Different
Manufacturing highly specialized medical equipment but looking for someone who wants to get their hands dirty. If you are fascinated by how things are built, love measuring tolerances, and want to learn the art of high-pressure pneumatic testing, this is your playground.
Under the direct mentorship of the Quality Manager, you will become a certified specialist in a highly respected, high-demand industry.
This isn't a boring, repetitive assembly line. It's dealing with complex, high-pressure systems. Your day-to-day will be dynamic, split between the engineering office and the active manufacturing floor.

What You'll Be Doing

• The "Physically Testing" Bit: Conducting pneumatic and pressure testing. You'll be setting up test rigs, systems, and certifying they are safe to save lives.
• On the Shop Floor: Actively inspecting parts, measuring tight tolerances, and reviewing manufacturing quality side-by-side with our production techs.
• Solving Mysteries: When something goes wrong, you won't just file an NCR. You'll dive into the root cause, figure out why it failed, and help us redesign the process.
• Mastering the QMS: Learning the gold standard of medical compliance managing calibration logs, and helping us stay audit-ready.

What We are Looking For
We are keeping an open mind. You are a great fit if you fall into one of these two camps:

1. The Ambitious Graduate: You have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar, and you want a structured, mentored entry into a lucrative Quality Engineering career.
2. The Junior Quality/Test Tech: You have 1-2 years of experience in a precise, regulated hands-on sector (think aerospace, defense, hydraulics, pneumatics, or automotive) and you're ready for a step up with real progression.

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