Product Introduction Quality Assurance Engineer

Position: New Product Introduction Quality Assurance Engineer
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.

Salary:
Circa £50,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working:
Minimum 3 days per week on-site, due to workload classification

Security Clearance:
British Citizen. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:
Company bonus:
Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)

Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%

Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime

Flexi Leave:
Up to 15 additional days

Flexible working:
We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave
-enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments

Facilities:
Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...

Healthcare Cash Plan:
The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more .

The Opportunity:

You will provide an 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. You will provide support in the identification and implementation of sustainable process improvements to existing methods and processes. You will support Manufacturing in the identification and reduction of project risk or problem areas / issues associated with process application, process effectiveness or compliance across all NPI programs.

Reporting to the Product Assurance Manager, responsibilities include the following activities:
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 to and implemented in Company production programmes, and providing the appropriate level of support to improve the effectivity of processes used by the Company Business Management System is 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 that identifies the outcome 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 enable the dissemination and achievement of 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 giving 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 to the Industrial Validation BMS

Supporting lessons learnt activities and facilitating the outcomes of these into future programs of work

Support the creation and update of Manufacturing Proposals by providing appropriate data and lesson learnt. Ensuring these are then appropriately captured within the Manufacturing Requirements

Support and provide appropriate input to Design and PG Reviews

What are the benefits for you?

Working in a high technology environment ranging from the manufacture of CCA assemblies through to live build of weapon systems, your broad range of…