Senior Quality Engineer: Shape Aerospace Excellence

Hexcel Corporation; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexcel Corporation in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Quality Engineer to drive quality excellence across aerospace-grade manufacturing. You will partner with production, engineering, customers and suppliers to identify opportunities, resolve complex quality issues and ensure compliance in a large-scale composite environment.

You should understand end-to-end manufacturing, identify risks, and investigate issues thoroughly to deliver sustainable improvements.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Quality Management or a related discipline.
• Proven experience within Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering or a similar role in manufacturing settings such as aerospace, automotive, advanced manufacturing, heavy engineering, assembly-line production or sheet metal fabrication.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems, with experience working to AS9100, NADCAP or similar regulated standards.
• A deep understanding of manufacturing processes, process controls, inputs, outputs and quality assurance principles.
• Experience supporting audits, quality investigations, customer requirements and compliance activities.
• Knowledge of supplier quality management or supplier auditing would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interrogate data, identify trends and make evidence-based decisions.
• A naturally curious mindset with the ability to challenge assumptions, evaluate multiple solutions and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high standard of quality and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support internal, external and customer audits, ensuring compliance with QMS, regulatory and customer requirements.
• Lead and support non-conformance investigations, corrective actions and preventive improvement activities.
• Conduct robust root cause investigations and facilitate effective product and process issue resolution.
• Provide technical interpretation of specifications and quality requirements, supporting disposition decisions.
• Partner with manufacturing teams to improve process performance, product quality and operational efficiency.
• Monitor, analyse and interpret quality data and KPIs to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Apply quality tools and methodologies to resolve issues and strengthen manufacturing processes.
• Produce and maintain PPAP documentation where required.
• Manage customer quality communications in a professional and timely manner.
• Support supplier quality activities and audits where required.
• Identify better ways of working and contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of Hexcel's Quality Management System.

Skills

Quality assurance

Audits

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Engineering or Quality Management

Job description

Hexcel Corporation in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Quality Engineer to drive quality excellence across aerospace-grade manufacturing. You will partner with production, engineering, customers and suppliers to identify opportunities, resolve complex quality issues and ensure compliance in a large-scale composite environment.

You should understand end-to-end manufacturing, identify risks, and investigate issues thoroughly to deliver sustainable improvements.