Senior Programme Quality Engineer
Role Overview
Plans, coordinates, and assures quality activities throughout the programme lifecycle.
Ensures products, processes, and activities meet applicable standards and customer, contractual, regulatory, and company requirements.
Acts as the quality focal point for an assigned programme or scope, supporting governance, risk management, non-conformance resolution, and continual improvement.
Ensures quality requirements are embedded and verified across design, development, verification, validation, qualification, production, and acceptance.
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About EDGE
EDGE is a UAE-headquartered advanced technology group working in defence and emerging technologies.
The role is in HALCON.
Role overview
Plans, coordinates, and assures quality activities throughout the programme lifecycle.
Ensures products, processes, and activities meet applicable standards and customer, contractual, regulatory, and company requirements.
Acts as the quality focal point for an assigned programme or scope, supporting governance, risk management, non-conformance resolution, and continual improvement.
Ensures quality requirements are embedded and verified across design, development, verification, validation, qualification, production, and acceptance.
Programme quality leadership
- Lead programme quality activities and act as the primary contact for quality, audits, reporting, and customer quality matters.
- Oversee product lifecycle quality and compliance with company, customer, regulatory, and industry standards.
- Develop and maintain QA and QC plans; support inspections, testing, product release, and production readiness.
- Review designs, technical documents, test results, and deliverables for quality, traceability, and compliance.
Quality management and collaboration
- Manage non-conformances, deviations, root cause investigations, and corrective actions.
- Support audits, Stage Gate Reviews, configuration control, and programme quality reporting.
- Ensure safety and quality requirements during testing, qualification, and other high-risk activities.
- Work with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, suppliers, and customers to resolve quality issues and improve performance.
- Monitor programme risks, quality metrics, and improvement actions; mentor junior quality engineers and promote continual improvement.
Basic qualifications
- Degree in Aerospace, Aeronautics, Systems, Electrical, Electronics, or Mechatronics Engineering.
- 8+ years in Quality Engineering, Product Design Assurance, or Development Engineering, including product design and development in space, aerospace, satellite, or defence manufacturing.
- Good understanding of System Engineering processes and working knowledge of at least one listed defence, aerospace, satellite, or multidisciplinary system.
- Experience with testing tools and software test equipment.
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, quality assurance methods, Advanced Product Quality Planning, and First Article Inspection.
- Technical report writing capability.
Preferred qualifications
- Master’s degree in a related engineering discipline is preferred.
- ASQ certification, Chartered Member of CQI, certified explosive worker, ISO 9001, and Lead Auditor certification are listed as preferred qualifications.
Language
- English proficiency is required for all roles unless otherwise stated in the posting.
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