Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Prestwick, Hybrid - 3 days per week on site + Potential supplier site visits within the UK

Salary: £40,699+ (DOE)

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

In this role, you will support quality assurance activities across the Regional Aircraft business, helping to ensure supplier and internal compliance with aerospace quality standards and regulations. You’ll carry out audits, contribute to continuous improvement activities, and work closely with process owners to maintain and enhance the quality management system. This is an opportunity to join a growing team in Prestwick with exposure to both civil and future military aviation projects.

Core duties:

• Support civil aircraft supplier approvals and help ensure compliance with relevant regulation/standards.
• Conduct audits across a diverse supplier base and contribute to internal QMS audit activity
• Apply sound judgement and a consistent approach when assessing compliance and quality standards
• Maintain and update the management system in collaboration with process owners
• Support the implementation of timely process and documentation updates
• Review and improve quality policies, processes and procedures to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements
• Contribute to reliable, compliant and effective operational practices

Essential Skills:

• Experience working with EN9100 and ISO9001
• Familiar with the quality assurance activities in the aerospace sector
• Experience in using quality improvement tools and techniques to strengthen processes and outcomes
• Complete audits confidently across suppliers and internal teams
• Structured, detail focused approach to reviewing policies, processes and procedures
• Comfortable working with process owners to implement compliant, timely updates to the management system

The Regional Aircraft Quality team:

The team supports quality assurance across the Regional Aircraft business, working from Prestwick’s growing engineering hub. As the business expands, the team’s remit will broaden into military projects, creating a collaborative environment with development opportunities and exposure to an evolving, multi domain project landscape.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 29th May 2026

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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