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Quality Engineer, newton, united kingdom
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02.06.2025
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Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.
Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
Quality Engineer
Newton, Cambridgeshire
The Quality Engineer, based in Newton, Cambridge UK, is responsible for Quality Control & Quality Assurance for the Cambridge sites, including, but not limited to, Quality Management System (QMS), nonconforming materials, document control, product quality, and customer returns.
The ideal candidate will be hands-on with the ability to nurture and train others and have demonstrated effective application of corrective action methodologies, and proven ability to drive permanent corrective actions.
Key Responsibilities:
Quality Management System (QMS):
* Responsibility for ISO9001:2015 QMS to assure its continuous compliance, suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness.
* Assist with adherence to the Quality Management System through internal auditing.
QualityControl & Assurance Lead:
* Monitor and report on product quality and performance.
* Ensures that procedures for process control, process improvement, test and inspection exist and are adhered too.
* Create control and sampling plans.
* Perform review and maintain First Article Inspection Reports and other product Qualifications.
* Help maintain and audit the calibration process and act as liaison between calibration vendors and local sites.
* Support part qualifications, internally and within the supply chain
Return Material Authorization (RMA’s):
* Supports engineering teams efforts by providing a feedback loop collating information gained through RMA analysis, customer & supplier feedback, and yield analysis in a timely manner.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA):
* Support root-cause analysis and other problem-solving activities to identify effective corrective & preventive actions and process improvements within operations.
* Support supplier and customer visits for root cause analysis and verification of corrective & preventive actions of quality issues.
* Drive suppliers Route Cause Analysis (RCA) through the Supplier Corrective Action Reporting (SCAR) system.
* Support the internal processes
* Material Review Board (MRB) meetings & Nonconforming analysis & reporting (NCR)
* Initiates and implements quality improvement activities as appropriate to improve the performance of the company’s products & processes.
Skills and Experience:
As an ideal candidate for the role of Quality Engineer, you should:
* Be able to embrace personal challenge and have excellent people skills with the ability to influence others.
* Be focused, target driven with a positive, can-do attitude.
* Have experience of working within a similar manufacturing environment.
* Have in-depth knowledge of ISO9001:2015 QMS.
* Have experience in internal auditing.
* Be experienced in problem solving, analysis, judgement and decision making for complex problems, using root cause analysis tools.
* Display good verbal and written communications and the ability to multitask.
* Have a good understanding of Microsoft Excel and office suite
* Have the ability to discuss technical problems with customers, suppliers, engineers, and senior management teams.
Travel Requirements:
* Minimal travel expected to visit suppliers and customers as required.
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