Senior Quality Engineer

Mirus Aircraft Seating; Hingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Mirus Aircraft Seating as a Senior Quality Engineer, where you will be pivotal in ensuring our products meet high-quality standards in the aerospace industry. You will lead quality management initiatives, support compliance, and contribute significantly to our mission of excellence, customer satisfaction, and sustainability.

Benefits

Enhanced company pension

25 days annual leave

Option to buy additional annual leave

Agile working with flexible hours

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Extensive knowledge of ISO9001, AS9102, AS9100 standards.
• In-depth understanding of quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing continuous improvement initiatives for quality systems.
• Establishing quality manuals and procedures to ensure compliance with aerospace standards.
• Investigating and managing non-conformances and corrective actions.

Skills

Lean / Quality tools

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in business or technical disciplines

Job description

Mirus Aircraft Seating is a dynamic and innovative leader in the design and manufacture of aircraft seating solutions. We are committed to delivering world-class products that prioritize safety, comfort, and sustainability in the aerospace industry. As we continue to grow, we are looking for a talented Senior Quality Engineer to join our team and make a lasting impact on the quality and performance of our products.

Through modern methodologies, lean techniques, inspired innovation, and passion for being the best, Mirus is positioning itself to be the world’s leading aircraft seating supplier with a range of aircraft seats offering leading levels of passenger living space and comfort and the lowest possible operating costs with every take-off.

Take the lead in shaping the future of aerospace quality—join Mirus Aircraft Seating as a Senior Quality Engineer and drive innovation, excellence, and safety in every seat we create!

As our Senior Quality Engineer, you will be responsible in ensuring that Mirus and our products meets our high quality standards required to minimise quality costs and maximise customer satisfaction, whilst ensuring that procedures and processes are adhered to. With your contributions, you will have a significant impact within our fast growing organisation, helping to shape the future of Mirus.

About The Role

As our Senior Quality Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring Mirus and our products meet the highest quality standards, driving down quality costs while enhancing customer satisfaction. You’ll be integral in upholding procedures and processes, making a lasting impact within our rapidly growing organization as you help shape the future of Mirus.

You will take the lead in developing and implementing continuous improvement initiatives for our quality systems, ensuring full compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards. Additionally, you will support, maintain, and generate documentation in line with these standards, while providing independent oversight and stepping in as a delegate for the Quality and Compliance Manager when needed.

Your expertise will guide the use of structured problem-solving tools and risk management techniques to address non-conformances across all areas. You’ll leverage analytics to identify improvement opportunities, resolve issues, minimize errors, reduce variation, and ultimately enhance customer satisfaction.

Your Main Responsiblitlies

As our Senior Quality Engineer at Mirus Aircraft Seating, your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a deputy and delegate for the Quality & Compliance Manager when needed.
• Supporting the development, implementation, maintenance, and promotion of the Quality Management System (QMS) across the organization, ensuring alignment with legislative, regulatory requirements, customer needs, and business objectives.
• Establishing and maintaining quality manuals, expositions, procedures, and processes to ensure compliance with aerospace standards and regulations.
• Leading, compiling, assisting, and maintaining critical documentation, including quality plans, PFMEAs, flowcharts, AS9102 first article inspection reports, and work instructions.
• Establishing and overseeing the internal audit and surveillance program in line with approvals and certifications, ensuring identified weaknesses are addressed, and processes are improved as needed.
• Continuously monitoring the QMS to ensure its effectiveness, conducting periodic reviews with functional owners, and updating procedures and processes as required.
• Investigating and managing non-conformances and occurrence reports, leading root cause analysis and corrective actions using structured problem-solving techniques to resolve issues.
• Managing customer quality concerns and overseeing customer surveillance audits.
• Leading corrective or improvement actions, facilitating cross-functional teams to drive success and achieve objectives.
• Facilitating non-conformance (NC), root cause corrective actions (RCCA), and continuous improvement activities across various business functions.
  
  

About You

To support Mirus Aircraft Seating in our continued growth, you will bring your expertise in Quality Engineering, a sharp eye for detail, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to operational excellence. In addition, you will possess the following skills, experience, qualifications, and attributes:

• Degree level or higher, desirable in business and/or technical disciplines.
• Experience in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Extensive experience of ISO9001, AS9102, AS9100, ISO17025, CAA Part 21G & J.
• FAI knowledge and understanding.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of quality management systems and associated regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience using Lean / Quality tools (Inc.. 8D methodology, FMEA, SPC, MSA, etc ) within a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement Techniques.
• Process mapping and creation of standard work / operating procedures and processes and policies.
• Able to read, understand and interpret engineering information.
• Able to coach, mentor and communicate compliance requirements.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience in quality roles, within an aerospace, automotive or similar highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience in the Defense/Aerospace Quality Standards and requirements.
• Experience in the development of personnel.
  
  

Personal Skills / Attributes

• High level of personal accountability and a strong bias for action
• Excellent report writing and verbal communication skills
• Methodical and organized, with an ability to meet demanding deadlines.
  
  

Be eligible to work in the UK and comfortable commuting or being based in Hingham, Norfolk.

This position may require travel and the individual must hold a current passport and be willing to undertake short and long haul travel on an as required basis.

Our Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced company pension. Up to 8% contribution (4% employee/ 4% employer)
• 25 days annual leave with an additional day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays
• Option to buy one week’s additional annual leave each year
• Agile working. Flexible start and finish
• Early finish on a Friday
• Full company Christmas shut down
• Training and development
• Generous family friendly benefits
• SimplyHealth (covers opticians, dental and GP)
• Events planned throughout the year
• Refer a friend scheme
• Long service award
  
  

If you’re ready to elevate your career and join a company that truly values your expertise and impact, we invite you to apply for our Senior Quality Engineer role. Come on this journey with us and help shape the future of Mirus—one take-off at a time.

We’d love to hear from you—don’t miss this opportunity to become part of a passionate, forward-thinking team that’s redefining what’s possible in aircraft seating. Once you apply, your CV will be stored securely in our central database. If you’d prefer us not to retain your details, just let us know. Should your application be successful, we’ll be in touch with next steps.

Please kindly note, at this moment in time we are respectfully not engaging with any agencies for our roles.