Senior Quality Engineer
Company
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/9/2025
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Description
Job Title: Senior Quality Engineer
Location: Scotstoun, Glasgow
Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on skills and experience
What You’ll Be Doing
Your skills and experiences:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Type 26 Platform Quality Assurance Team
Be part of a dynamic team in the Type 26 programme, combining expertise from various disciplines. Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager for Platform, you’ll work across the full project lifecycle with engineering, operations, and project management teams. Tasks vary daily, giving broad exposure to quality disciplines. You’ll gain insight, practical experience, and benefit from continuous development, including qualifications and auditor training—making this role ideal for those eager to grow and make a meaningful impact.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 23rd July 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 4th August.
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.
Location: Scotstoun, Glasgow
Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on skills and experience
What You’ll Be Doing
- Auditing, identifying and raising non-conformances to uphold quality standards
- Documenting quality trends using Pareto analysis to pinpoint and prioritise areas for improvement
- Applying learning from previous contracts and experiences to reduce future quality escapes
- Leading and contributing to project reviews, improvement forums, and knowledge-sharing sessions
- Developing and delivering visual presentations, toolbox talks, and quality alerts to drive awareness and engagement
Your skills and experiences:
- Proven experience in quality assurance and control within industrial or heavy engineering environments
- HNC qualification in a STEM subject, or significant practical experience in shipbuilding
- Effective communicator with the ability to collaborate effectively across multi-disciplinary teams and dynamic work environments
- Demonstrated capability in continuous improvement practices and Lean methodologies
- Certification as an ISO 9001 Internal Auditor
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Type 26 Platform Quality Assurance Team
Be part of a dynamic team in the Type 26 programme, combining expertise from various disciplines. Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager for Platform, you’ll work across the full project lifecycle with engineering, operations, and project management teams. Tasks vary daily, giving broad exposure to quality disciplines. You’ll gain insight, practical experience, and benefit from continuous development, including qualifications and auditor training—making this role ideal for those eager to grow and make a meaningful impact.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 23rd July 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 4th August.
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.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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