Quality Engineer

As a Quality Engineer within our Braking Systems Division (BSD) you’ll support the design, manufacture, and delivery of aerospace products that meet customer, regulatory, and Parker quality requirements by developing, implementing, and continuously improving quality systems, processes, and tools. You’ll work onsite Monday-Friday serving as the primary technical resource for product and process quality, leading root cause analysis and corrective actions, driving variation reduction and defect prevention, supporting AS9100/AS9145 and customer compliance, and partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure robust qualification, configuration control, and ongoing conformance throughout the product lifecycle.

As a Quality Engineer within our Braking Systems Division (BSD) you’ll support the design, manufacture, and delivery of aerospace products that meet customer, regulatory, and Parker quality requirements by developing, implementing, and continuously improving quality systems, processes, and tools. You’ll work onsite Monday-Friday serving as the primary technical resource for product and process quality, leading root cause analysis and corrective actions, driving variation reduction and defect prevention, supporting AS9100/AS9145 and customer compliance, and partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure robust qualification, configuration control, and ongoing conformance throughout the product lifecycle.

This role executes and supports the value stream quality strategy, serving as a key technical interface to customers, supplier quality/management, internal functions, and value stream leaders. The position requires an experienced quality professional who can interpret and communicate customer requirements, translate them into effective controls and standards, and ensure internal value streams and external suppliers achieve and sustain zero-defect performance.

• Conduct Assurance
• Govern key business metrics that demonstrates compliance to AS9100/AS13100/ISO
  9001, customer, and regulatory requirements
• Conduct Layered Process Audits (LPA), Product and Process audits to industry standards (e.g. ISO
  9001, AS9100/9110/9120, CAA, EASA etc.)
• Review First Article Inspection Reports to AS9102
• Identify and mitigate quality risks throughout the value stream, ensuring product safety and reliability
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of quality records, inspection reports, and compliance evidence as per aerospace industry requirements
• Protect the Business
• Provide quality support to the value stream(s)
• Ensure containment for concerns are implemented & drive root cause, corrective actions using effective problem resolution methodologies such as 8
  
  Ds in a timely manner to business objectives
• Maintain, analyse and drive performance of key quality metrics (e.g., First Pass Yield, defect rates, audit findings) across the value stream
• Enable / Continuous Improvement
• Lead quality performance improvement initiatives internally and externally
• Roll-out and support the implementation of the Zero Defect program to reduce DPPM
• Actively engaged in Kaizen events

• Working knowledge and experience of Part 21 subpart G (UKCAA, EASA, FAA, CAAC), ISO
  9001, AS9100 and AS9102. Ability to read and interpret regulations, airworthiness directives, and technical specifications
• Comprehensive understanding of and ability to read engineering drawings and specifications
• Awareness of human factors principles, just culture, management system requirements and applicable regulations
• Relevant work experience, of which at least 2 years should be from the aeronautical industry or an equivalent industry/field
• A relevant…