Programme Quality Engineer

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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.

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The Programme Quality Engineer I (PQE I) at HALCON is responsible for planning, coordinating, and assuring quality activities throughout the Programme lifecycle, ensuring that products, processes, and activities comply with applicable standards, customer, contractual, regulatory, and company requirements. Acting as a designated quality focal point for assigned Programme or scope, the PQE I provides independent quality oversight, supports Programme governance and decision-making, manages quality risks and non-conformances within assigned scope, promotes continual improvement, and coordinates quality activities across Programme Management, Engineering, Design for Advanced Manufacturing (DFAM), Manufacturing, Configuration Management, other Quality functions, and relevant interfacing functions.

The PQE I ensures that quality requirements are effectively embedded and verified across design, development, verification, validation, qualification, production, and acceptance activities, supporting the timely delivery of conforming products. This role is responsible for end-to-end programme quality support
, ensuring compliance, product integrity, testing readiness, risk management, audit governance, stakeholder coordination, and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.

Lead Programme Quality Assurance across the full lifecycle, ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, contractual, and company requirements from design through production readiness.

Develop, maintain, and implement the Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) and ensure quality activities are executed in line with approved plans, standards, procedures, and milestones.

Provide independent quality oversight and governance, including participation in programme reviews, stage gate reviews, and management reviews, reporting on quality status, risks, and recommendations.

Manage quality assurance activities covering design, development, integration, verification, validation, qualification, testing, and production readiness to ensure product conformity and readiness.

Review and approve programme deliverables and quality documentation, including design documentation, First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs), quality reports, and key programme data packages.

Lead non-conformance, deviation, and concession management, ensuring effective root cause analysis, risk assessment, corrective actions, stakeholder communication, and timely closure through appropriate governance processes.

Oversee testing and product release readiness, ensuring configuration control, traceability, calibration status, safety compliance, and adherence to approved test procedures.

Coordinate with cross-functional teams and suppliers to ensure alignment on quality requirements, resolve quality issues, support supplier quality activities, and drive compliance throughout the programme.

Plan, support, and follow up audits, assessments, and configuration reviews, ensuring findings, actions, and continuous improvement initiatives are effectively implemented and closed.

Drive continuous improvement and quality culture, using quality metrics, risk analysis, lessons learned, and data-driven corrective and preventive actions to enhance programme performance and product quality.

• Degree in Aerospace, Aeronautics, Systems, Electrical,…