Overview

Guidant Global is delighted to be partnering with Airbus, a global pioneer in the aerospace industry, in their search for a Design Quality Engineer.

The successful applicant will be working within the Quality Engineering Airframe Wing organisation, primarily in the Programme perimeter for Quality Performance activities covering all programmes. You will be interfacing with Engineering teams and suppliers around different locations in Europe, America, and Asia.

The role involves the resolution of quality issues and continuous improvement projects by setting the measurement standards and identifying/facilitating improvements to increase process performance and product adherence to standards, reliability of processes, and repeatability of processes at initial design phase before any process changes are made and continuously through the life of a product.

The Quality Engineering Wing team is accountable for the deployment of the Quality Strategy within the Engineering Wing organisations. This strategy is deployed via the implementation of 'Quality Improvement Project/Plans' to support the achievement of the Engineering Wing quality targets.

Responsibilities

• Drive and deliver improvement projects to support the achievement of the Engineering Wing quality targets (primary activity of role).
• Facilitate and support root cause analysis and practical problem-solving activities.
• Establish and drive corrective and preventive action plans to support the improvement of engineering performance and its associated deliverables.
• Identify risks/issues relating to the quality of the engineering deliverable and facilitate, support, and drive standardised mitigation plans to prevent/mitigate risk linked to the product and its related processes.
• Support the deployment of Quality standards and apply them within the Engineering organisation.
• Capture lessons learned to improve organisation efficiency and product maturity.

Skill Set

Essential

• Relevant Quality and/or Engineering experience.
• Project Management knowledge.
• Understanding of Failure Modes Effects Analysis.
• Understanding of Root Cause Analysis techniques (e.g. 9S, 8D etc).
• Be able to demonstrate appropriate people skills and associated behaviours when interacting with all levels of the management structure.
• The ability to learn quickly, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude towards the workload.
• Have exceptional communication and English skills, both verbal and written.
• Have excellent IT skills as appropriate to the role (Google Workspace/Microsoft Office).

Desirable

• Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management and Product Data Management Systems.
• Understanding of Engineering drawing and modification management.
• Experience in a Design or Manufacturing Engineering Environment would be beneficial.
• Ability to communicate in German both verbally and in written form are highly beneficial.
• Programming experience (JavaScript, Google Apps Script, Python etc) are highly beneficial.

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.