Senior Quality Engineer - Hypersonic Defense, Hands-On

Hypersonica; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Real share options

Autonomy and fast decisions

Job summary

Hypersonica in the United Kingdom is seeking a Quality Engineer to help build Europe’s advanced defence capability. You will stand up a lean QMS aligned to AS9100 for a fast-iterating hardware programme and own nonconformance processes from containment to corrective actions.

You’ll partner with engineering and manufacturing to embed DFM/DFA early, drive supplier quality, maintain measurement controls, and create dashboards used by leadership. Expect autonomy and direct impact on the mission.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in aerospace, defence or other high-consequence hardware environments.
• Practical mindset: focus on outcomes over paperwork.
• Experience with NCR/MRB/concessions and closing corrective actions quickly.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and run a lean, effective Quality Management System suitable for a fast-iterating hardware programme, aligned to an AS9100 pathway without adding bureaucracy.
• Own the nonconformance process end to end: containment, root cause, corrective actions, and prevention with tight turnaround times.
• Build the quality backbone for prototype to flight hardware, including inspection planning, traceability, and documentation discipline that supports test and readiness reviews.
• Drive supplier quality for critical components: onboarding criteria, audits (as needed), incoming inspection standards, supplier performance tracking, and rapid resolution of escapes.
• Partner with engineering and manufacturing to embed DFM/DFA + quality by design early, so we don’t “inspect quality in” later.
• Define and maintain pragmatic measurement and calibration controls (as appropriate) and ensure controlled processes for special processes where relevant.
• Create simple quality dashboards that leadership actually uses: escape rate, NCR cycle time, top defect drivers, supplier OTD/quality trends.
• Be hands-on in the build. When something is off, you are on the floor with the team finding the truth and driving the fix.

Skills

Quality management

Root cause analysis

NCR/MRB/concessions

Supplier quality

DFM/DFA

Quality by design

Traceability

Job description

Hypersonica in the United Kingdom is seeking a Quality Engineer to help build Europe’s advanced defence capability. You will stand up a lean QMS aligned to AS9100 for a fast-iterating hardware programme and own nonconformance processes from containment to corrective actions.

You’ll partner with engineering and manufacturing to embed DFM/DFA early, drive supplier quality, maintain measurement controls, and create dashboards used by leadership. Expect autonomy and direct impact on the mission.