Quality Engineer

About the Role

The Quality Engineer provides quality engineering support across product development, manufacturing, and supplier activities to ensure products and processes consistently meet customer, regulatory, and company quality requirements. The role is responsible for driving continuous improvement, maintaining Quality Management System processes, supporting customer and supplier quality activities, and working collaboratively with cross-functional teams across the Photonics and Wireless business units.

Responsibilities

• Work with operations and engineering functions to ensure compliance to quality standards.
• Work with manufacturing and engineering functions to improve quality and timeliness of Corrective Action activities.
• Support supplier quality audit and quality improvement activities.
• Support internal quality audit activities.
• Support document control and calibration activities.
• Maintain and improve data collection and KPIs for quality activities.
• Maintain and improve quality system processes and procedures.

What We're Looking For

• General level: Early career, with some experience.
• The company background and relative immaturity of the business processes and QMS would make it difficult for an entry level employee. A person with some experience of working within a more mature organisation would bring added value along with the confidence to challenge existing practices.
• HND or equivalent experience in a relevant industry (Hi-tech/pharma)
• Experience in a similar role in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience implementing and using continuous improvement methodologies (Lean/Six Sigma/5S etc.)
• Experience using structured problem-solving methods and quality toolkit
• ISO9001: Auditor qualification or equivalent auditing experience is preferred
• Proficiency in common software packages, particularly Microsoft Office
• Good understanding of data analysis
• Basic knowledge of the fabrication and operation of semiconductor devices is preferred
• Knowledge and experience of IATF 16949 quality management system is preferred
• Working knowledge of Quality Management and Product Lifecycle Management systems, such as Q Pulse, Arena, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers, outsourced manufacturing partners, and strategic suppliers.
• Lead and support reliability activities throughout the product lifecycle, including failure investigation, risk assessment, and corrective action, ensuring products meet defined reliability, quality, and performance requirements.

Personal Fit

• Open, pragmatic, team player
• Willingness to support and challenge, and to be supported and challenged.
• An ability to follow written and oral instructions.
• Disciplined, diligent and hard working with an eye for detail.
• Excellent telephone manner with proven verbal and written communication skills, demonstrable at all levels of a business
• Enthusiastic, with a high degree of commitment to personal development, and a passion for achieving success.
• Result orientated with a strong sense of urgency and commitment to quality and operational excellence.
• Be willing to uphold company standards, act as a role model and take ownership.