Quality Controller in Towcester

Location: Towcester - On site

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

Salary: £38,000-£41,800 Dependent on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Support the delivery of safe, compliant defence aerospace products by monitoring and assuring production staff competency, while driving and supporting the reduction of non-conformance activities within a growing production environment.
• Support the resolution of quality issues through structured root cause analysis, applying methodologies such as RCCA, 5 Whys, DMAIC, 8D, and Six Sigma to drive sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Facilitate Material Review Boards (MRBs) with key stakeholders, ensuring timely decision-making and driving issues through to effective resolution.
• Liaise with and be responsible for ATS Supplier Quality to resolve issues with bought-in raw materials and components.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Proven experience in a quality control role within a fast-paced production or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with both internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Experience driving change initiatives and implementing continuous improvement activities.
• Level 3 apprenticeship, degree, or equivalent industry experience in a relevant discipline.

Desirable:

• Experience/knowledge of elastomeric/composite materials.
• Aerospace/Engineering industry background is advantageous.
• Knowledge of ISO9001 or AS/EN 9100.

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 ATS Quality Team:

Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) brings together Micro & Nano Systems (Filton) and Microwave Materials (Towcester) to deliver cutting-edge R&D and production capabilities that provide innovative, competitive solutions to our customers. This role is based in Towcester and sits within the FalconWorks Quality Team.

As a Quality Controller, you will work closely with Operations and Engineering to ensure products meet customer, regulatory, and compliance requirements. You will deliver a broad range of planned quality assurance activities, providing confidence to management that quality standards are effectively deployed across the business.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced, growing environment focused on future technologies. The role offers exposure to both R&D and production activities, working within a collaborative UK-wide team. You will benefit from structured development support, further training opportunities, and shared learning across sites such as Warton, with a PDP aligned to both business needs and your career aspirations.

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: 27th 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.