Quality Engineer

1 month ago


Kent, United Kingdom BAE Systems (Powersource) Full time

Job title: Quality Engineer - PCB

Location: Rochester

Salary: Circa £40,000 depending on experience

What you'll be doing:

  • Perform First Article Inspection (FAIs) on both Assembled and bare Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
  • Facilitate Process Health checks with the respective Process Owner
  • Primary focal point for customer quality concerns including investigating and report writing
  • Perform Product Audits
  • Ensure Contractual Quality requirements are, where required, flowed down to the PCB Assembly team
  • Support failure reporting and corrective action activities (FRACAS) at Project level and coordinate locally with Process Owners
  • Leading/supporting continuous improvement initiatives within projects and across operations to support the strategic goals of the site

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Previous experience within a Quality Engineering environment
  • Good understand of Quality Systems within a manufacturing environment in particular PCB fabrication and assembly
  • HNC or equivalent experience in a relevant field
  • Understanding of technical data and Standard Operating Procedures
  • Experience of using various problem solving techniques

Desirable

  • Knowledge and understanding of Quality Systems requirements, EN9100 (AS9100)
  • Experience of First Article Inspections to AS9102
  • Awareness of IPC Manufacturing standards
  • Knowledge of continuous improvement tools and techniques

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Operations Technical Support team:

You will work within Operations Technical Support function to work as part of an integrated team working on products manufactured within our Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly area at our Electronic Systems site in Rochester. With the right behaviours, drive and willingness to learn we will provide personal development and training opportunities to complement your role and future progression within the organisation.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 1st May 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.


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