Principal Quality Engineer

PRINCIPAL QUALITY ENGINEER
High-Integrity, Regulated Manufacturing NPI & Major Projects Safety-Critical

This isn’t your standard quality role.
This isn’t just oversight.
This is principal-level ownership of quality across New Product Introduction and major, safety-critical projects.

If you’re a senior professional who thrives in regulated, high-integrity manufacturing, lives and breathes APQP and PPAP, and wants authority and impact at the highest level—this role is for you.

As Principal Quality Engineer
, you’ll be the technical quality leader across multiple projects, embedded within engineering and manufacturing teams. Your influence ensures that products are delivered right first time
, fully compliant, and traceable from prototype to volume production.

You’ll:

• Lead NPI and major project quality strategy
• Oversee APQP delivery from concept through production
• Own PPAP readiness, submission, and customer approval
• Direct non-conformance investigations, containment, and corrective actions
• Mentor and guide other engineers in quality execution
• Ensure adherence to safety, regulatory compliance, and accreditation standards
• Shape cross-functional teams with quality best practice and technical authority

This is hands-on, accountable, end-to-end ownership
:

• Full APQP lifecycle leadership across complex projects
• PPAP compilation, submission, and regulatory approval (typically Level
  3)
• NPI quality delivery from prototype to volume production
• Non-conformance management, root cause investigation, and corrective action
• Internal, external, and supplier audits

You have practical mastery of:

• Core quality tools: FMEA, MSA, SPC, capability studies
• Statistical validation and analysis
• Lifetime records, traceability, and material certification
• Special processes (welding, NDE, coatings)
• Engineering vs manufacturing controls in regulated environments

You’ve operated in regulated, high-integrity sectors
, such as:

• Nuclear
• Aerospace
• Defence
• Pressure equipment
• Safety-critical industries

A strong safety culture, regulatory mindset, and nuclear or high-integrity experience is essential.

• Supplier quality roles without APQP leadership
• Low-regulation or unregulated manufacturing
• Theoretical APQP knowledge without proven project delivery

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