Lead Quality Engineer

Job Title: Lead Quality Engineer

Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £48,500 depending on skills and experience

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.

Job Description:

This is a lead role within the sites Quality team. In this role, you will ensure operational compliance to specifications and quality standards. You will also support the resolution of quality issues and the internal/external audit process.

Core Duties:

• Line management responsibility for Quality Team direct reports
• Provide subject matter expertise with regards to quality standards, operations tools and techniques
• Represent the Quality function within technical forums, working groups, and Central/CTO activities
• Work with the Quality Team to develop plans for operational improvement, improvements in quality compliance, and monitoring of progress against plan
• Support resolution of quality issues, the internal audit process, external audits, and any audit NCR’s
• Support Process Readiness Review (PRR) / APQP, performing Quality Dept. reviews of process readiness, and supporting the optimisation of both processes

Essential Skills:

• You will have Qualification(s) in an engineering discipline (Science or Engineering degree, HNC, HND) or time served in an Engineering discipline
• You will have excellent numeracy and mechanical comprehension
• You will have demonstrable experience with statistical control methods and systems, with a proven ability to implement and use appropriately
• You will have experience within a manufacturing environment of a similarly highly controlled nature (aerospace, automotive, nuclear, medical devices etc)

The Products Quality team:

The Products Quality team is a friendly and collaborative group, working across a diverse range of projects and manufacturing programmes at multiple sites. This role is focused on our underwater battlespace activities based at Broad Oak, Portsmouth.

You’ll join a well-established team that partners closely with a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders. With a strong focus on continuous improvement and delivering quality excellence, the team plays a key role in supporting and enhancing our growing Products business.

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: 13th October 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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