Senior Quality Engineer-Supply Chain

Location: Samlesbury-On site

We offer a range of flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £49,400+ Dependent on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• You will be required to react to and manage multiple non-conformances in a timely manner using standard problem-solving techniques.
• Assuring the business and its customers that suppliers are able to consistently meet requirements relating to products, services and processes, and detect & correct non-compliant conditions.
• Assuring the business and its customers that suppliers have the capability to undertake robust root cause analysis into non-conformities and implement appropriate corrective & preventive actions.
• Working with key internal and external stakeholders, visiting suppliers in the UK and abroad to conduct/co-ordinate investigations, process confirmations, audits and support other functional engagements with suppliers.
• Responsible for concisely reporting the outputs of Supplier Quality Assurance activities.

Your skills and experiences:

• Relevant apprenticeship or HNC/HND/Degree in a STEM subject.
• Understanding of modern Quality practices including non-conformance management, problem solving and root cause analysis with practical problem-solving experience.
• Ability to adapt, be flexible and to work within a dynamic, changing environment including travel to domestic and international suppliers.
• The ability to persuade and influence a variety of stakeholder groups.
• Previous Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing experience.
• Software Quality Assurance Knowledge.
• Knowledge of quality toolsets such as APQP, Six Sigma or Lean.
• Knowledge of Quality standards.
• Auditor experience.
• A desire and willingness to drive continuous improvement and consistency across the Air business.

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 Supplier Quality Assurance team:

Would you like to play a key role within the Supplier Quality Assurance team? We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Quality Engineer at our site in Samlesbury. As a Senior Quality Engineer – Supply Chain, you will be in a team focused on assurance of the suppliers of complex, high value, aircraft system, Airframe, specification equipment procured across multiple aircraft platforms. This role will provide you with the opportunity for career development and to gain knowledge & experience across the entire supplied product and service lifecycle, working on a range of diverse products across the whole aircraft. This role also offers the opportunity to travel extensively within the UK and internationally to supplier sites, supporting on-site assurance activities and supplier engagement. All business travel is fully supported, with travel and subsistence expenses covered, providing valuable exposure to a wide range of suppliers, cultures, and operational environments.

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: 20th 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.