About the role
Your impact
At Leonardo in Edinburgh, we’re looking for individuals who demonstrate technical capability, a drive for excellence, and the people skills needed to foster collaboration and quality ownership.
Working within our exciting Typhoon Radar Sector, this is your opportunity to play a central part in ensuring our products and processes meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. You will work across multiple functions, supporting the full product lifecycle from concept and development to production and delivery.
If you have a passion for Quality and Engineering, this could be your perfect career opportunity to work alongside other experienced engineers and shape your career in Aerospace and Defence.
What you will do as a senior Quality Engineer
Partner with Operations, Programmes, and Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) to ensure products are delivered compliantly, on time, and within budget.
Drive continuous improvement by leading root cause analysis and promoting a culture of proactive problem-solving that reduces non-conformance costs.
Provide expert Quality guidance to help teams meet shared business and programme objectives.
Lead and support quality improvement initiatives, including KPI performance related to quality notifications (QNs), Material Review Boards (MRBs), and Failure Review Boards (FRBs).
Co-ordinate, support and report in 8D investigations to help identify RCCA.
Support the planning, execution, and verification of quality activities across all project phases.
Oversee the timely processing of concessions, non-conformances, and production permits.
Help achieve key assurance milestones, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory standards.
Prepare quality reports and data analysis for stakeholders, turning insights into actionable improvement plans.
Conduct internal audits to assess adherence to processes and procedures
Look to identify areas for process and product improvement through deployment of Six Sigma projects and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) activities.
Working at a senior engineer level we want
A background in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Defence Electronics, or another technically demanding f…
