Senior SQD Engineer – Composites & Automotive Quality Lead

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical option

Wellbeing program

Job summary

McLaren Automotive in Woking seeks a supplier quality professional to lead QA activities across sourcing, industrialisation, launch and series production, ensuring quality and delivery targets are met with key suppliers.

You will drive APQP/PPAP and manufacturing feasibility, coach others, and help grow the SQD team while mitigating programme risks and promoting continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in Supplier Quality, Supplier Development or Quality Engineering within automotive or motorsport manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC with experience supporting products through development and launch.
• Knowledge of aluminium body structures, body panels and/or composite manufacturing processes, including carbon fibre technologies.
• Expertise in GD&T, measurement techniques and quality requirements relating to fit, finish and appearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier quality activities from sourcing and industrialisation through to launch and series production, ensuring quality, delivery and performance expectations are achieved across your supplier portfolio.
• Drive APQP, PPAP and manufacturing feasibility activities, helping suppliers establish robust and capable processes while proactively identifying and mitigating programme risks.
• Lead cross-functional problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives, influencing stakeholders across Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Supplier organisations to deliver the best outcomes for McLaren.
• Develop supplier capability and support the growth of the wider SQD team through coaching, knowledge sharing and the transfer of best practice, helping to build long-term organisational capability.
• Lead departmental workstreams focused on improving SQD processes, procedures and ways of working, supporting the continued evolution of the function.
• Create clear, data-driven reporting and deliver concise updates and recommendations to senior stakeholders, ensuring risks, progress and priorities are understood and actioned.
• Provide leadership and support across the wider SQD team, acting as a trusted point of contact and providing additional support during management absence when required.

Skills

APQP/PPAP

FMEA/MSA/SPC

GD&T

Aluminium bodies

Composite processes

Supplier development

Quality engineering

Education

Degree in Engineering

Job description

McLaren Automotive in Woking seeks a supplier quality professional to lead QA activities across sourcing, industrialisation, launch and series production, ensuring quality and delivery targets are met with key suppliers.

You will drive APQP/PPAP and manufacturing feasibility, coach others, and help grow the SQD team while mitigating programme risks and promoting continuous improvement.