Senior NPI Quality Engineer - Lead APQP/PPAP in Electronics

Yolk Recruitment; Briton Ferry; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare cash plan

Annual bonus

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Flexible working

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is supporting the recruitment of a Senior NPI Quality Engineer to join a high-tech manufacturing firm in Swansea. You will own quality activities across the NPI lifecycle, ensuring products, components and processes meet quality, safety and regulatory standards.

You will lead a team of four and collaborate with Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing and Supply Chain to successfully introduce new products into production.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering APQP/PPAP lifecycle in a high-tech manufacturing environment.
• Essential electronics or PCBA manufacturing experience with an understanding of manufacturing processes and controls.
• Strong knowledge of APQP core tools: DFMEA, PFMEA, MSA, SPC, PPAP, DMAIC, CAPA.
• Previous experience leading quality activities and working with cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Experience in regulated environments (medical devices, automotive) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead APQP and PPAP activities from design to production release.
• Manage NPI quality deliverables: DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, FAIRs, validation.
• Lead and train a four-person quality team.
• Represent Quality in cross-functional NPI project teams.
• Work with suppliers to ensure components meet requirements and support PPAP submissions.
• Lead investigations into NPI quality issues using root cause analysis, CAPA.
• Review engineering changes to maintain quality controls during development.
• Identify and manage risks before mass production.
• Drive APQP/PPAP improvements to reduce risk and improve quality.

Skills

APQP/PPAP

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Tools

DFMEA

PFMEA

MSA

SPC

CAPA

PPAP

Job description

Yolk Recruitment is supporting the recruitment of a Senior NPI Quality Engineer to join a high-tech manufacturing firm in Swansea. You will own quality activities across the NPI lifecycle, ensuring products, components and processes meet quality, safety and regulatory standards.

You will lead a team of four and collaborate with Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing and Supply Chain to successfully introduce new products into production.