Quality Engineer

ABOUT EDGE

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.

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.

• Ensure products, processes, and services meet defined quality standards, customer requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
• Analyze quality performance data, identify risks, investigate issues, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to drive quality excellence throughout the product or service lifecycle.

• Monitor compliance with internal quality management systems, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure adherence to customer, industry, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in internal, external, and customer audits.
• Maintain quality documentation, records, and reports.

• Develop and implement quality control plans and inspection processes.
• Monitor product and process quality performance using established metrics.
• Review inspection and test results to ensure conformity to specifications.
• Escalate quality concerns and support resolution activities.

• Investigate product, process, or service non-conformities.
• Perform root cause analysis using quality tools such as 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram, and Pareto Analysis.
• Lead corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities.
• Verify effectiveness of implemented corrective actions.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and waste reduction.
• Support Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other quality improvement programs.
• Drive initiatives to improve quality performance indicators.
• Facilitate lessons learned and best-practice sharing across teams.

• Collect, analyze, and interpret quality data and trends.
• Develop quality dashboards and management reports.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as defect rates, customer complaints, and process capability.
• Provide recommendations based on data-driven insights.

• Address customer quality concerns and complaints.
• Support investigations and corrective actions related to customer issues.
• Participate in customer meetings and quality reviews where required.
• Ensure customer expectations are understood and incorporated into quality processes.

• Support supplier qualification and performance evaluation activities.
• Monitor supplier quality performance and manage supplier-related corrective actions.
• Collaborate with suppliers to resolve quality issues.

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Professional certification is desirable:

• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
• ISO 9001 Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor
• Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems (QMS).
• Knowledge of quality tools and methodologies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and quality reporting tools.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis and problem-solving techniques.

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, or Quality Control roles.
• Experience working within a structured Quality Management System.
• Experience conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Experience in quality audits, inspections, and compliance…