Senior Quality Engineer - Nightshade Program Lead

Leonardo; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Online courses access

Flexible benefits allowance

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead quality assurance and continuous improvement for the NIGHTSHADE programme at the Yeovil site. You will collaborate with engineering, production and supply chain to embed robust quality practices across the product lifecycle.

The role emphasizes problem solving, audits and supplier-quality leadership in a defence manufacturing context, with hybrid working options depending on activity.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent with strong quality-engineering background.
• Experience applying quality-engineering principles in engineering/manufacturing or regulated environments.
• Proven ability to lead root-cause investigations and corrective-action programmes.
• Experience implementing or improving quality-management systems and processes.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and related frameworks.
• Experience supporting internal and external audits.
• Experience managing supplier-quality issues and driving improvements.
• Strong numerical, analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality activities across lifecycle from NPI to production and delivery.
• Define and improve quality processes and standards for the NIGHTSHADE programme.
• Lead inspections, verification and acceptance activities.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions to closure.
• Act as quality lead across engineering, manufacturing and supply chain.
• Develop, monitor and report quality metrics to identify trends.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Provide mentoring to engineers, manufacturing teams and stakeholders.
• Support qualification, certification and customer acceptance as needed.

Skills

Quality leadership

Root-cause analysis

Structured problem solving

Stakeholder management

Audits

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

8D

5 Why

Ishikawa

Pareto analysis

SPC

FMEA

ISO 9001 knowledge

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead quality assurance and continuous improvement for the NIGHTSHADE programme at the Yeovil site. You will collaborate with engineering, production and supply chain to embed robust quality practices across the product lifecycle.

The role emphasizes problem solving, audits and supplier-quality leadership in a defence manufacturing context, with hybrid working options depending on activity.