Senior Quality Engineer

Plexus Corp.; Kelso; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Plexus is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead quality excellence across our Kelso and Livingston manufacturing sites, with exposure to aerospace, medical, and industrial sectors. You will own New Product Introduction, drive proactive quality, provide technical leadership to the team, and manage stakeholder conversations with customers, suppliers, and internal functions.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree and at least four years of related experience, plus strong communication,

Qualifications

• Continuous Improvement mindset with ability to challenge status quo.
• Experience introducing and qualifying new products (APQP/NPI).
• Strong interpersonal and customer communication skills.
• Solid technical foundation with relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• New Product Introduction: collaborate with functions and customers to introduce new products.
• Drive Proactive Quality to meet and exceed manufacturing standards.
• Provide technical training, leadership, and direction to the Quality team and stakeholders.
• Lead continuous improvement to design, monitor, and enhance the quality management system.
• Communicate goals and quality concerns effectively with internal teams and customers.

Skills

Continuous Improvement

APQP & NPI

People & Customer Skills

Technical Foundation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Plexus is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to become the critical force in driving quality excellence for our complex manufacturing and engineering operations. This role is a key leadership position that places you at the intersection of technical quality standards and high-level customer interaction, offering unique exposure across aerospace, medical, and industrial sectors.

You will be responsible for working across various Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and AS9100), giving you the opportunity to broaden your expertise and technical perspective, supporting operations at both our Kelso and Livingston sites.

Key Accountabilities

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be the department technical lead for New Product Introduction, while also developing and deploying strategic initiatives to elevate the site’s Quality Maturity.

• New Product Introduction: Build quality into new products from the outset by collaborating with other functional teams and customers to introduce new products.
• Drive Proactive Quality: Lead and drive quality excellence to ensure process capability meets or exceeds manufacturing requirements and standards. We need a professional who is proactive and constantly seeking out opportunities, not waiting for a list of tasks.
• Quality Leadership: Provide technical training, leadership, guidance, and direction to team members and stakeholders, in support of the site’s Quality Management team.
• Continuous Improvement: Provide support and leadership in order to effectively design, develop, monitor, maintain, and continuously improve the quality management system in alignment with Plexus strategies and values to ensure services are capable of meeting business needs.
• Master Stakeholder Interaction: Effectively communicate functional and organizational goals and quality concerns, while being comfortable and capable of managing difficult conversations with both internal teams and customers.

Is This You?

We are looking for a quality-minded leader who is ready to grow. While a background in electronics is a plus, it is not a dealbreaker. We are explicitly expanding our search beyond traditional Quality titles and encourage applications from manufacturing, process, or other engineering backgrounds. If you have the passion and potential for a 'step-up' opportunity, we want to hear from you.

The ideal candidate must possess:

• Continuous Improvement Mindset: A self-starter who makes the role the their own and is comfortable in the uncomfortable space of challenging the status quo.
• APQP & New Product Introduction Experience: Experience introducing and qualifying new products to volume manufacturing through the use of a structured framework such as Advanced Product Quality Planning.
• Strong People & Customer Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to comfortably interact with both the team and key customers.
• Technical Foundation: Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years' related experience, with a solid technical level of knowledge to develop and advise the team.