Advanced Quality Engineer

Step into an exciting new challenge with the Advanced Quality Engineer role, where quality strategy, supplier collaboration and customer-ready approvals come together in the automotive industry. If quality drive and continuous improvement energise the working day, this Advanced Quality Engineer position offers a real platform to influence new product introductions, support launch readiness, and help deliver products that meet demanding standards for premium vehicles.

What You Will Do:

- Coordinate APQP activities across all new product introductions for the Advanced Quality Engineer role.

- Control and track all APQP documentation through PPAP approval, ensuring customer submission dates are achieved.

- Execute PPAP submissions and manage Engineering Change requests for both customer and internal changes.

- Own project quality across project phases, acting as a single point of contact for customer project quality concerns.

- Oversee BEON/PPAP release status and contribute to lessons-learned workshops across the product range.

- Produce monthly PPAP/BEON status reports and escalate delays early when launch targets are at risk.

What You Will Bring:

- Significant experience in quality or project quality within a medium-volume manufacturing environment, ideally automotive.

- Strong APQP/PPAP exposure, including working knowledge of customer-specific PPAP requirements.

- Proven problem-solving capability using structured methodologies such as 8D, PPS, and advanced root cause analysis.

- Solid understanding of IMDS and experience working with customer and supplier stakeholders.

- IAFT 16949 auditing experience is essential, alongside confidence with Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and tools such as Minitab.

This Advanced Quality Engineer role supports the company's transformation into a world-class manufacturer by strengthening quality discipline across new programmes and launch readiness. The company designs and manufactures products for premium car makers, with a strong emphasis on high-performance technology, rigorous testing capability and clean-room manufacturing excellence. In this position, quality ownership and cross-functional collaboration help ensure releases meet customer expectations and quality targets.

Location:

The Advanced Quality Engineer role is based on-site in the Buckinghamshire, within a manufacturing environment where customer milestones and launch timelines are managed with precision.

Interested?:

If the Advanced Quality Engineer role sounds like the next step for our quality expertise and influence on real launch outcomes, apply now and take control of your next career move.

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