Quality Management System Manager

Pace XL Ltd.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Stock options

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Quality Management System Manager to own, develop and maintain our Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with AS9100, customer requirements and applicable regulatory standards. The role is hands‑on and works across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Programme teams to drive continuous improvement and certification readiness.

You will lead external certification, surveillance and customer audits, manage internal audit programmes, and provide

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Leadership in regulated manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001 frameworks.
• Experience leading internal, external, certification and customer audits.
• Ability to translate requirements into practical processes and procedures.
• Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Quality Management System in line with AS9100 and regulatory requirements.
• Lead audits with certification bodies and customers, and drive corrective actions.
• Manage internal audit programme across systems, processes, products and suppliers.
• Define and improve business processes with process owners.
• Oversee Management Review activities and quality performance reporting.
• Maintain documentation, policies and forms for compliance.
• Monitor quality metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain on quality needs.
• Provide quality leadership, coaching and training across the organisation.
• Interface with customers, suppliers and external stakeholders.

Skills

Quality leadership

Audit management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Job description

Overview

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Quality Management System Manager to own, develop and maintain our Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with AS9100, customer requirements and applicable regulatory standards. This is a hands‑on leadership role responsible for building a scalable, audit‑ready management system that supports rapid growth while maintaining the highest standards of product quality, process control and compliance. You will work across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Programme teams to drive continuous improvement, certification readiness and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the company Quality Management System in line with AS9100, customer and regulatory requirements
• Lead external certification, surveillance and customer audit activities, including preparation, responses and corrective actions
• Manage the internal audit programme across systems, processes, products and suppliers
• Support process owners in defining, controlling, measuring and continuously improving business processes
• Manage Management Review activities, quality performance reporting and action tracking
• Maintain policies, procedures, standards, forms and controlled documentation
• Monitor quality metrics, audit performance, non‑conformance trends and improvement activities
• Support Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain teams in defining and meeting quality requirements
• Drive root cause analysis, corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide quality leadership, coaching and training across the organisation
• Act as a key interface with customers, certification bodies, suppliers and external stakeholders

Requirements

• Significant experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Management Systems or Quality Leadership within aerospace, defence, automotive or other regulated manufacturing environments
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001 quality management systems
• Experience leading internal, external, certification and customer audits
• Proven ability to develop, implement and continuously improve quality management systems
• Experience translating regulatory, customer and business requirements into practical processes and procedures
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organisation
• Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills
• Eligible for UK Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience within aerospace, defence or other highly regulated industries
• Knowledge of EASA Part 21, AQAP, MOD or equivalent quality frameworks
• Certified Lead Auditor qualification for AS9100, ISO 9001 or equivalent standards
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt or similar continuous improvement certification
• Experience with ERP, MRP, PLM, eQMS or document control systems
• Experience supporting certification readiness, quality strategy development and business growth activities
• Experience within startup, scale‑up or fast‑growing engineering organisations

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme
• Lunchtime catering on site

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We're building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world's best venture funds. We're one of the fastest-growing defence technology companies in history. And we're hiring the best people to prosecute the mission.

If you are willing to work harder than you ever have, build capability that genuinely matters, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.