Quality Engineer

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Glascoed – Full time onsite

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 £43,649 (dependent 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.

Role Description:

This Quality Engineer role is focused on ensuring finished products consistently meet customer expectations and internal standards. You will verify the accuracy of completed work, identify workmanship issues, and clearly document any non-conformances. Providing constructive feedback to technicians, you will support the delivery of high-quality output. You will also collaborate with stakeholders across the business to maintain efficient workflows and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Ultimately, you will safeguard product integrity by ensuring all items are compliant, accurate, and fully approved for delivery, maintaining strong quality assurance practices throughout the production process.

Core Duties:

• Ensuring operational compliance to specifications and quality standards e.g. ISO 9001

• Driving and supporting targeted Continuous Improvement activities

• Responsible for leading and managing the resolution of quality issues and supporting the internal audit process and external audits

• Reviewing shop floor records, technical specifications and drawings, inspection of products for approval and review and approval of Certificates of Conformity

• Monitoring, analysing and reporting of reject data and quality issues to both internal and external customers

• Working closely with export customers to understand their product and quality requirements

• Raising of concessions and associated paperwork to customer requirements to allow product deliveries

• Willing to travel within the UK and Overseas for supplier and customer reviews, visits and audits

Essential Skills:

• You’ll hold a qualification in an engineering discipline or be time served in an engineering discipline – Engineering, Maths or Science degree or equivalent.

• You’ll have proven experience within quality management in a manufacturing environment, preferably of a similarly highly controlled nature (aerospace, automotive, nuclear, medical devices, etc.).

• You’ll be able to competently use a range of quality investigation techniques such as 8D, 5 Whys and Ishikawa.

• You’ll be able to effectively coordinate data collection whenever necessary to inform business decisions.

• You’ll have strong communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels across the business.

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 Heavy Bomb, Payloads & CT40 Ammunition IDT:

Reporting to the IDT Senior Quality Engineer, you will be working on all aspects of quality management across a wide range of ammunition natures. Working within an Integrated Delivery Team you will be working closely with a number of different stakeholder departments including Project Management, Engineering and Procurement. This position will be primarily based at the BAE Systems Land UK site in Glascoed, Monmouthshire on a 4 / 4.5 day working pattern with occasional travel to other manufacturing and supplier sites as necessary.

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: 28th July 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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