Principal Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness and UK-wide travel to supplier sites. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £42,215+ depending on skills & experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Working collaboratively across the SSNA programme to support progressing improvements and streamlining processes using the APQP tools and techniques

• Supporting meetings to embed APQP, PPAP and FAIR processes into the SSNA programme

• Presenting APQP tools and techniques in training and coaching sessions across the business

• Aiding in developing, maintaining and managing key collaborative relationships, both internally and externally

• Leading and supporting LfE Quality Lessons Learnt forums and supporting senior leaders

Your skills and experience:

• APQP, PPAP or FAIR experience, preferably in a Manufacturing or Engineering environment

• Project Management experience

• Presentation skills and experience

• Manufacturing / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering / Quality Management experience or Equivalent

• Valid UK Driver’s License (travel within the UK required for this position)

Benefits:

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 Supplier Improvement Team:

This is an interesting and varied role offering regular travel across the UK to supplier sites and excellent exposure across the wider business. You’ll play a key part in driving meaningful, business-wide change, supporting a new approach that has not previously been used within the Submarine function. With strong direction from the Quality Director, this role is central to shaping and improving how the business operates. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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: 3rd February 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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