Quality Assurance Engineer - Supplier in Barrow in Furness

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

Salary: £47,017

What you’ll be doing:

• You will review and maintain supplier First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs), Quality Plans (QP) and Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs).
• You will be mentoring, facilitating or supporting product and process “Non-conformance” activities.
• You’ll establish and maintain customer relationships, attending meetings and facilitate/supporting customer audits.
• You will input Quality data into relevant toolsets/documents/records and monitor as required.
• You will maintain Material Review Boards, including record keeping, raising permits and stakeholder engagement.
• You will be supporting suppliers with their corrective actions and root cause identification, ensuring corrective actions are completed in a timely manner.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Qualified to an HNC/HND/Degree standard or have equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in a Quality related role.
• Supplier audit experience.
• Experience of working to ISO 9001 standards.

Desirable:

• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) experience.
• ERP experience i.e. SAP.

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 Weapon Systems UK team:

As part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services sector, Weapon Systems (UK) designs, develops, manufactures and supports artillery systems, naval guns, and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea. Our mission strives for us to be our customer’s trusted and affordable weapons provider, delivering enhanced effects on target and complete mission solutions. We are looking for innovation, commitment and drive to help define the future of Weapon Systems capabilities.

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: 5th 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.