At Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, we are looking for a Quality Engineer to join our team in Leighton Buzzard. This hands‑on quality leadership role will support day‑to‑day quality operations, help maintain audit readiness, drive corrective actions, and ensure our products, processes and people continue to meet the high standards expected in aerospace.
What You Will Do
* Maintain continual audit preparedness across your area of responsibility and direct reports
* Review, create and update quality control documents linked to your area
* Support investigations into nonconformances, corrective actions, customer complaints and customer escapes
* Facilitate and manage the returns process within the Regional Distribution Centre
* Provide metrics and KPI reporting to help track quality performance and identify improvement opportunities
* Support the local Quality Management System and ensure processes remain aligned to regulatory, customer and company requirements
* Participate in daily MRB meetings and quality clinics
* Maintain training records for direct reports and keep the area training matrix up to date
* Work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain and other support functions
* Help build a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and quality ownership
* Support coaching, work scheduling, prioritisation and process execution within the team
What You Will Learn
* Aerospace quality systems and customer requirements
* Audit readiness and compliance processes
* Root cause analysis and corrective action management
* Customer escape investigations
* Quality metrics, reporting and performance improvement
* Cross‑functional problem‑solving across manufacturing, engineering and operations
* Continuous improvement and 5S practices in a production environment
Qualifications You Must Have
* Experience in a quality and/or aerospace manufacturing environment, ideally within medium to high‑volume manufacturing
* Experience using handheld measuring equipment such as Verniers, height gauges and micrometers
* Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, including drawing requirements and geometrical tolerances
* A continuous improvement and 5S mindset
* Ability to read, understand and interpret technical and engineering information
* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
* Confidence working independently and as part of a wider team
* Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access
* An understanding of basic management approaches, including work scheduling, prioritising, coaching and process execution
Qualifications We Prefer
* ONC / HNC or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or a related technical discipline
* Experience working within an aerospace, defence or highly regulated manufacturing environment
* Experience supporting audits, MRB activity, corrective actions or customer quality investigationsContinued text...
* Previous experience leading, supervising or coaching a team
* Knowledge of Quality Management Systems and continuous improvement tools
Why Join Us
At Collins Aerospace, your work matters. You will be part of a team that supports products and systems used across the aerospace and defense industry, where quality is essential to safety, reliability and customer trust. You will join a business that offers real opportunity to learn, grow and contribute to meaningful work in a global organization, while being part of a local team with a strong focus on collaboration, improvement and delivery.
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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