Principal Quality Engineer – Field Engineering

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer – Field Engineering

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Field Based (UK/International)

Salary: £45,000 (Commensurate with skills and experience) – with company car provided

What you’ll be doing:

• You will have responsibility for the Quality Assurance and verification requirements of documentation and hardware of procured parts at the supplier’s sites across the UK / International
• You will be exposed to a range of our stakeholders, suppliers and products ensuring quality and compliance
• Oversight and witnessing of manufacturing operations and subsequent inspections
• Using a keen eye for detail to ensure verification of documentation in-process & final
• Utilising your knowledge and experience to providing advice, support and coaching to our suppliers
• Ensuring that high quality records are produced as an output of the production processes and inspections

Your skills and experiences:

• Full UK driving licence
• Broad understanding of Quality tools & techniques
• Experience working within Supply Chain conducting verification activities
• HNC qualified within engineering/quality or strong mechanical trade background
• PCN/ ICORR / CSWIP level 2 certification
• Lead Auditor qualified

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 Field Engineering team:

As a Principal Quality Engineer – Field Engineering, you will be involved with one of the UK’s most complex, cutting-edge projects. You will have the exposure to an extensive range of stakeholder groups and industrial partners across the UK / International taking accountability for the Quality Assurance and verification requirements of documentation and hardware of procured parts. This role also provides you with an essential user car and hybrid working across the UK. 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: 2nd 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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