Principal Quality Engineer

At Leonardo in Edinburgh, we’re looking for individuals with strong technical capability, a commitment to excellence and the interpersonal skills required to drive collaboration and embed quality ownership across the organisation. Within Advanced Targeting, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our products and processes consistently 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. 

This is a hybrid role, with a minimum of 3 days onsite expected per week.

If you are passionate about Quality this position offers an opportunity to work alongside an experienced team and actively shape your career within the Aerospace and Defence sector. 

• →Working knowledge of aerospace and defence quality standards (e.g. AS9100, AS9145)
• →Proactively delivers Assurance advice and assistance within the Assurance community.
• →Contribution and leadership of the delivery of IPT requirements to agreed time, cost and specification
• →Ownership on behalf of the IPT on Assurance matters in support of projects internally and with the customer.
• →Leadership on Risk and Opportunities within the IPT
• →Expert knowledge on tools such as Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA), Fault Lifecycle Analysis, Process Mapping, Verification, and First Article Inspection.
• →Deputise for the Quality Manager
• →Effective time management, prioritisation and escalation with proven experience of planning own time and that of others.
• →Appropriate, relevant and timely communication and reporting.
• →An understanding of cross functional/ commercial business processes and their own impact on the wider business.
• →The confidence and ability to challenge/respond to challenges on professional or process issues
• →Experience working in a Quality role within a regulated industry (Aerospace/Defence preferred) at a senior level.
• →Supervisory experience where relevant. / Has the ability to lead a team on specific tasks.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting