Product Quality Engineer

Job Description:

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.

Together, we are shaping the future.

About POWERTECH

POWERTECH is a center of excellence for propulsion technologies, specializing in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of combustion engines, expendable turbojet engines, and turbofan engines for a wide range of aerospace, defence, and autonomous applications, including fixed- and rotary-wing UAVs and other advanced platforms.

Purpose

The Product Quality Engineer I supports product approval and acceptance activities for supplier-manufactured parts under the direction of senior Product Quality Engineers. The role is an entry point into aerospace product quality engineering, developing competence in first article inspection, production part approval, inspection planning and configuration control through structured task execution and supplier-facing work.

Key Responsibilities

Submission Review Support

• Review supplier first article inspection reports for completeness against AS9102 requirements and prepare findings for senior review.
• Support review of PPAP and APQP submissions and prepare completeness checklists.
• Verify characteristic accountability and drawing ballooning against released drawing revisions.
• Collate and organize product approval evidence packages and maintain submission records.

Inspection & Measurement Support

• Support preparation of incoming inspection plans and acceptance criteria.
• Support collection and analysis of measurement and capability data.
• Support gauge and measurement method review activities.
• Assist Assembly with routine incoming inspection queries under guidance.

Nonconformance & Records

• Support raising and administration of material review records during new product introduction.
• Support tracking of supplier corrective actions and concession requests.
• Maintain product approval status records, change records and configuration traceability data.
• Prepare status reports and metrics on submission volumes, acceptance rates and open actions.

Development

• Participate in supplier reviews and site visits to build supplier-facing competence.
• Develop working knowledge of aerospace manufacturing processes, metrology and product approval frameworks.

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Materials or Metrology Engineering.
• 0–3 years of experience; internship, graduate placement or early-career experience in aerospace quality or manufacturing is an advantage.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, with foundational GD&T knowledge.
• Foundational understanding of inspection and measurement methods.
• Familiarity with quality concepts including nonconformance, corrective action and inspection planning.
• Strong attention to detail and disciplined record keeping.
• Competence in data analysis and technical reporting.
• Willingness to travel to supplier sites and to work in shop-floor environments.

Launched in November 2019, the UAEs EDGE is one of the worlds leading advanced technology groups, established to develop agile, bold and disruptive solutions for defence and beyond, and to be a catalyst for change and transformation. It is dedicated to bringing breakthrough innovations, products, and services to market with greater speed and efficiency, to position the UAE as a leading global hub for future industries, and to creating clear paths within the sector for the next generation of highly skilled talent to thrive.

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