Senior Vehicle Quality Programme Lead

McLaren Automotive Limited; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days’ holiday

Enhanced pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after tenure

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Limited seeks a Senior Programme Quality Engineer to champion the voice of quality in vehicle programmes and influence early design decisions. You will lead KPI delivery, drive QCA activities, and ensure robust quality controls across programmes from concept to handover.

The role requires strong collaboration, problem solving, and communication skills to coordinate across design, engineering, and manufacturing teams in a fast-paced, high-value environment.

Qualifications

• 8D or PPS problem solving approach is essential.
• Methodical work style with strong analytical capabilities.
• Experience setting quality targets and measuring KPIs.
• Excellent problem solving and structured thinking throughout programmes.
• Strong written and verbal communications across levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of programme quality KPI reporting and governance.
• Develop and maintain the project quality control plan with cost awareness.
• Ensure QCA activities prevent recurring quality issues across programmes.
• Support design and manufacturing reviews to embedDesigned for Quality.
• Coordinate quality reporting and risk assessment for handover to series.

Skills

8D / PPS

Analytical skills

Quality targets

Problem solving

Communication skills

Job description

McLaren Automotive Limited seeks a Senior Programme Quality Engineer to champion the voice of quality in vehicle programmes and influence early design decisions. You will lead KPI delivery, drive QCA activities, and ensure robust quality controls across programmes from concept to handover.

The role requires strong collaboration, problem solving, and communication skills to coordinate across design, engineering, and manufacturing teams in a fast-paced, high-value environment.