Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Usat Leonardo; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Annual bonus

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer in Luton to shape quality foundations for aerospace programmes, ensuring product integrity and robust practices from concept to delivery. Role requires onsite presence three days per week.

You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and programme teams, lead RCA/CA activities, and support internal and external audits within a global defence context.

Qualifications

• Lead development and deployment of quality plans and assurance activities across the programme lifecycle.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions to improve product and process performance.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and programme teams to continuously improve processes and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support internal and external audits and customer reviews.
• Manage quality investigations and RCA/CA activities to improve performance.
• Ensure quality practices are embedded from concept through delivery.
• Support First Article Inspection (FAI) and process mapping activities.
• Maintain familiarity with AS9100 / ISO9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Travel to Edinburgh, Bristol and Southampton when needed, with minimum 3 days onsite per week.
• We will consider engineers not at senior level if they have strong quality fundamentals.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Root Cause Analysis

Audit coordination

Process Improvement

Tools

AS9100

ISO9001

FAI

RCA tools

Job description

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

2026-09-20T00:00:00

Luton

Bedfordshire

GB

LU1 2

Any

2026-12-20T11:03:59.427

Job Description:

Your impact

Help shape the quality foundations of one of the UK's most ambitious aerospace and defence programmes. As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer within GCAP, you will influence product integrity, drive quality performance across complex programmes, and ensure robust quality practices are embedded from concept through to delivery. This role is to be based from our Luton site, with travel to Edinburgh, Bristol and Southampton when needed. Minimum of 3 days per week needed onsite.

What you'll bring as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

• Support the development and deployment of quality plans, processes and assurance activities across the programme lifecycle.
• Lead quality investigations, root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective action (CA) activities to improve product and process performance.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and programme teams to proactively improve processes & procedures.
• Support internal and external audits, customer reviews and programme quality reporting.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 / ISO9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Familiarity with Quality tools and techniques, including Root Cause Corrective Action, Process Mapping, First Article Inspection (FAI).
• We will also consider Quality assurance engineers not at senior level and have strong quality fundamentals.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC). For more information and guidance please visit:

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to 500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 UK sites. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Primary Location:

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid

Job Summary

Job number: R0030248

Date posted : 2026-09-18

Profession: Business Support

Employment type: Full time