Quality Engineer: Reliability & Continuous Improvement

McLaren Racing; Guildford; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Racing, based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, seeks a Quality Engineer to accelerate quality and performance improvements across the car's lifecycle. You will support design, manufacture, inspection, and the supply chain, applying quality engineering expertise to a wide range of components and manufacturing techniques.

You will travel to suppliers and test facilities, leading problem-solving, containment, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the highest

Qualifications

• Extensive quality engineering experience, supported by a degree in production engineering, mechanical engineering or an equivalent qualification.
• Strong technical problem-solving and auditing skills, with knowledge of FMEA, process mapping and structured quality improvement techniques.
• A Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt qualification.
• In-depth knowledge of carbon fibre and metallic manufacturing processes, together with a thorough understanding of metrology techniques and terminology.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve non-conformances, supporting efficient production and driving a right-first-time approach.
• Partner with design, manufacturing, inspection and assembly teams to solve quality issues and capture learning that improves future designs and processes.
• Work with suppliers to assess capability, promote best-practice quality principles and ensure the highest standards of quality and reliability.
• Lead structured problem-solving and containment activities for quality concerns, component failures and trackside car faults, reporting concerns to the appropriate stakeholders and driving resolution.
• Create and deploy inspection control procedures, while supporting the development and auditing of operational work instructions and check sheets.

Skills

Quality engineering

Problem solving

Auditing

FMEA

Process mapping

Six Sigma

Carbon fibre

Metrology

MS Office

Education

Degree in production/mechanical engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

McLaren Racing, based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, seeks a Quality Engineer to accelerate quality and performance improvements across the car's lifecycle. You will support design, manufacture, inspection, and the supply chain, applying quality engineering expertise to a wide range of components and manufacturing techniques.

You will travel to suppliers and test facilities, leading problem-solving, containment, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the highest