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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading quality management initiatives within Aerospace and Defence sectors, ensuring compliance with AS9100 and AQAP standards while managing supplier quality and risk-based assurance processes.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Aerospace Quality ManagementAS9100 / ISO 9001 QMSRisk-Based Quality AssuranceSupplier Quality ManagementConfiguration Management
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Hard Skills
Quality Management Plan ImplementationRequirements TraceabilityNonconformance ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisPerformance Reporting
Soft Skills
Customer EngagementCommunication
Industry Keywords
Defence StandardsAQAPRegulated EngineeringAutonomous SystemsUAS
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead implementation of the Project Quality Management Plan and ensure alignment with AQAP, AS9100 and contract requirements
- Act as the primary customer interface for quality and assurance activities
- Ensure requirements traceability from contract through design, verification and release via the compliance matrix
- Oversee risk-based quality management and identify process issues early
- Drive configuration management and change control across hardware, software and documentation
- Manage supplier quality and assurance, including supplier approval, performance monitoring and corrective actions
- Generate and retain objective evidence demonstrating conformity to contractual and regulatory requirements
- Lead nonconformance management and CAPA processes, including root cause analysis and effective closure
- Support design reviews, verification and validation activities
- Contribute to performance reporting and management reviews, driving continual improvement across the project
Requirements
What you’ll need- Strong experience in Aerospace, Defence or regulated engineering environments
- Proven delivery within AS9100 / ISO 9001 QMS environments
- Experience working with Defence Standards or AQAP standards (2105, 2310 or 2210 desirable)
- Demonstrated ability to manage quality across the full lifecycle (design, development, integration, test and delivery)
- Strong understanding of configuration management
- Strong understanding of risk-based quality assurance
- Strong understanding of supplier quality / external provider controls
- Experience engaging with customers, regulators or assurance authorities
- Experience in autonomous systems, UAS or software-intensive platforms (nice to have)
- Exposure to software assurance and lifecycle control (nice to have)
- Familiarity with Defence procurement frameworks / MOD contracts (nice to have)
Benefits
Comp & perks- High-growth, mission-driven programme
- Opportunity to influence quality across hardware, software and system integration
- Collaboration with teams across engineering, autonomy, operations and supply chain
- Opportunity to contribute to UK sovereign capability