Principal Quality Engineer

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Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer Location: Barrow-In-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: From £40,748 – depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing Leading and supporting major quality improvement projects Developing new and innovative solutions to long-standing issues Working directly with manufacture and build teams to deliver quality improvement Using industry recognised toolsets such as Six Sigma (training provided) Leading root-cause analysis sessions with cross-functional teams Key interface with customer and partners, building customer assurance Your skills and experiences Experience in driving improvements to completion with validated results Proven problem identification and resolution skills in fast-paced environment Knowledge of quality tools including FMEA, Root Cause Analysis , Six Sigma, 8D (investigations) Degree within Engineering or Manufacturing field or equivalent experience 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 Quality Engineering team: This role will introduce a fresh approach to Quality, embedding best practices and advanced tools to engineer quality at the core of our programmes.
Driving performance through learning and process improvement – critical to to product safety and operation. You’ll have access to training in key quality engineering techniques and opportunities for career growth, including leadership development. 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 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 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 , any 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 Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role , to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 28th October 2025 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. LI-GV1 LI-hybrid
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Location:
Dalton-In-Furness
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineer, Quality Engineer, Quality, Engineering

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