Product Introduction Quality Assurance Engineer

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a New Product Introduction (NPI) Quality Assurance Engineer to join the Product Assurance team as they provide professional quality support to the Manufacturing team in the UK across all NPI Programs. You will provide independent visibility and assurance that manufacturing and related processes are correctly applied across all NPI Programs. You will provide support and advice on all aspects of quality within New Product Introduction and aid the identification and implementation of sustainable process improvements.

You will help Manufacturing reduce project risk or problem areas associated with process application, effectiveness or compliance across all NPI programs.

• Provision of professional support and advice on all aspects of quality within NPI Manufacturing UK; apply quality expertise to critical business issues to support business excellence, continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
• Provision of quality assurance assistance to NPI Manufacturing UK in support of manufacturing excellence including development and delivery of quality awareness and other process and quality-related training.
• Supporting Manufacturing UK on all NPI programmes to achieve cost, time and quality targets. Assessing and controlling the product assurance quality processes and the resulting outputs.
• Assuring implementation in Company production programmes and providing the appropriate level of support to improve the effectiveness of processes used by the Company Business Management System, correctly tailored within NPI.
• Confirm through a programme of independent assessments and audits that processes and quality requirements are being successfully implemented, applied, and improved; provide reports to Management identifying the outcomes of audits and issues; monitor and facilitate the progression of any improvements from audit activities and the timely closure of identified issues.
• Maintaining strong links with Quality Assurance colleagues across MBDA (UK and Overseas) to disseminate and achieve Quality Objectives within NPI Manufacturing UK.
• Work with Product Assurance Managers and other functions to define appropriate risk reduction strategies/action plans.
• Provide advice and help in the use of SAP as the non‑conformance management tool and identify SAP improvement with respect to the Quality Module.
• Facilitation and/or support to various levels of Non‑Conformance Review Panels.
• Analysis of non‑conformance defect data and acting on this data to undertake problem‑solving investigations, identifying defect root cause and corrective action implementation.
• Assure compliance to the company BMS requirements within NPI manufacturing.
• Support DFMEAs from a manufacturing perspective, driving producibility.
• Facilitate PFMEAs for NPI products, ensuring they are suitably reviewed and kept topical throughout the NPI process.
• Assuring early adoption and compliance with the Industrial Validation BMS.
• Supporting lessons‑learnt activities and facilitating the outcomes into future programs of work.
• Support creation and update of Manufacturing Proposals by providing appropriate data and lessons‑learnt, ensuring these are captured within the Manufacturing Requirements.
• Support and provide appropriate input to Design and Project Governance reviews.

• HNC/HND or equivalent in a relevant subject.
• Quality professional, experienced in process‑based integrated management systems and business improvement in an engineering/manufacturing environment.
• Experience using risk‑management and practical problem‑solving tools such as 8D, 5Y, PFMEA, etc.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (PowerPoint, Word and Excel).
• Quality auditing experience required.
• Knowledge and experience of EN/AS9100.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong planning and organising skills to prioritise and monitor multiple tasks, delivering set objectives.
• Capability to identify sustainable business improvements.
• Security clearance:
  British Citizen required. Candidates may be required to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS) after offer.

• Salary:
  Circa £50,000…