Quality Engineer

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary
  
• Company performance bonus scheme
  
• Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
  
• Private medical insurance
  
• Comprehensive health cash plan
  
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
  
• Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay) and Paternity/Non-Pregnant Parent/ Co-adopter leave 4 weeks full pay)
  
• Structured training & opportunities to progress
  What does the role look like?
  You will be the primary point of contact for all quality-related matters within the Legacy Gears Value Stream at our Wolverhampton facility. As a Quality Engineer, you'll work enthusiastically and flexibly with diverse functional leads-ensuring adherence to our Quality Management System (QMS) and policies. You'll champion continuous improvement, facilitate audits, and lead corrective actions to uphold the highest standards of product and process quality.
  What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?
  *Provide guidance and support to ensure compliance with regulatory, customer and internal quality requirements. Facilitate adherence to the Quality Management System and lead process-walk audits.
  *Lead and facilitate 8D investigations, Root-Cause Corrective Actions (RRCA), DIVE analyses and other structured problem-solving methodologies to resolve quality issues and prevent recurrence.
  *Participate in PFMEAs, MPRs, design reviews and formal gate reviews. Collaborate with the clinic team to elevate process maturity and drive ongoing improvements within the cell.
  *Prepare, analyse and report on process performance against targets, and on product quality against customer requirements. Provide the Measurement & Process (M&P) team with clear, actionable insights.
  *Take ownership of quality objectives for assigned projects, liaising closely with functional leads to ensure project success and alignment with the Value Stream strategy.
  *Assist with containment activities and inspection protocols as required, ensuring the timely resolution of any deviations.
  Essential skills:
  *Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, specifications and process documentation.
  *Proven experience with measurement, analysis and continuous-improvement methodologies (e.g. PFMEA, 8D, RRCA, DIVE).
  *Demonstrable capability in facilitating audits, process walks and ensuring strict adherence to a QMS.
  Desirable skills:
  *Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with SAP.
  *Enthusiastic, open-minded and adaptable, with a willingness to learn and embrace diverse opinions and ideas.
  *Previous exposure to gears manufacturing or legacy mechanical systems.
  *Familiarity with formal quality-management tools such as MPRs, design-review processes and gate-review frameworks.
  About us:
  Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
  Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.
  Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets