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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

📍 Location: Portsmouth | 📄 Contract | 🛰️ Airbus Defence & Space

Are you a quality-driven professional with a passion for precision and improvement? Join Airbus' dynamic team as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer and play a key role in ensuring their products meet the highest standards in the defence and aerospace industry.

🔧 What You'll Be Doing

As Airbus' QA expert, you'll lead quality assurance activities across the full product lifecycle. From defining inspection plans to driving continuous improvement, you'll be the go-to person for ensuring everything runs smoothly and meets top-tier standards.

Creating and maintaining Quality Surveillance Plans (QSPs)
Leading key project reviews (MRR, IRR, TRR, DRB, etc.)
Writing inspection instructions and managing incoming inspection plans
Reviewing technical work instructions for quality compliance
Managing non-conformances and driving root cause analysis
Leading Internal Review Boards and implementing lessons learned
Reporting on Quality KPIs and supporting performance dialogues
Acting as the QA lead for critical movements in production

🧠 What You Bring

Must-Haves:

HND in a relevant field
Proven experience in Quality Assurance
Background in Defence and AerospaceNice-to-Haves:

A relevant degree is a plus

🚀 Why Join Us?

Be part of cutting-edge projects in a high-impact industry
Work with a passionate and skilled team
Opportunities for growth and development
Make a real difference in product quality and performanceReady to take your QA career to the next level?

Apply now and help us build excellence into everything we do

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