Quality Engineer

Location – Paignton – On-Site Salary – Competitive Benefits – 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 with length of service), 4 x life insurance, employer pension contributions starting from 6% up to 14%, single private medical insurance and Medicash plan. The Client

We are partnering with a globally recognised engineering organisation operating within a highly specialised technology space, supporting critical applications across multiple industries. They have a strong focus on quality, innovation, and continuous improvement, with a collaborative environment that brings together engineering, operations, and supply chain to deliver high-performance products.

This role requires a candidate with experience in a quality engineering or technical QA environment, ideally within a latest‑tech or manufacturing setting. You will be comfortable working across multiple teams, with the ability to influence stakeholders and support a culture of quality and continuous improvement. A strong analytical mindset is key, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and drive effective solutions.

A proactive approach is essential, with a focus on risk mitigation, process improvement, and maintaining high quality standards throughout the product lifecycle.

This is a hands‑on Quality Engineer position where you will play a key role in ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality products and services. Working across engineering, operations, supply chain, and customer support, you will drive quality processes, support compliance activities, and lead improvement initiatives throughout the product lifecycle, including new product introduction and manufacturing.

• Drive deployment and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System.
• Ensure compliance with ISO standards and customer‑specific quality requirements.
• Define and monitor quality KPIs such as yield, field returns, supplier quality, and CAPA effectiveness.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Support quality reviews, external audits, and regulatory assessments.
• Ensure quality gates are defined and achieved during new product introduction.
• Approve inspection and test strategies for hardware and manufacturing processes.
• Validate manufacturing and test processes to ensure scalability and repeatability.
• Analyse reliability, product performance, and field data to support decision making.
• Identify trends and proactively mitigate quality risks.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives with measurable impact.
• Ensure adherence to quality, environmental, health and safety, and IT security policies.

• Experience in a quality engineering or technical QA role within a high‑tech or manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality management systems.
• Experience with quality methodologies such as FMEA, RCA, CAPA, SPC, and process validation.
• Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting product performance and reliability data.
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams and influencing stakeholders.
• Qualification in engineering, electronics, quality, or a related discipline.

• Six Sigma Green Belt or similar.
• Experience with in electronics or other high‑tech manufacturing environments.
• Experience working with supplier quality processes.
• Exposure to audits or regulatory assessments.