The Programme Quality Engineer I (PQE I) at the company is responsible for planning, coordinating, and assuring quality activities throughout the Programme lifecycle, ensuring that products, processes, and activities comply with applicable standards, customer, contractual, regulatory, and company requirements. Acting as a designated quality focal point for the assigned Programme or scope, the PQE I provides independent quality oversight, supports Programme governance and decision-making, manages quality risks and non-conformances within assigned scope, promotes continual improvement, and coordinates quality activities across various teams and functions. The PQE I ensures that quality requirements are effectively embedded and verified across design, development, verification, validation, qualification, production, and acceptance activities, supporting the timely delivery of conforming products.
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Responsibilities
- Lead Programme Quality Assurance across the full lifecycle, ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, contractual, and company requirements from design through production readiness.
- Develop, maintain, and implement the Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) and ensure quality activities are executed in line with approved plans, standards, procedures, and milestones.
- Provide independent quality oversight and governance, including participation in programme reviews and management reviews, reporting on quality status, risks, and recommendations.
- Manage quality assurance activities covering design, development, integration, verification, validation, qualification, testing, and production readiness to ensure product conformity and readiness.
- Review and approve programme deliverables and quality documentation, including design documentation, First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs), and key programme data packages.
- Lead non-conformance, deviation, and concession management, ensuring effective root cause analysis, risk assessment, corrective actions, and stakeholder communication.
- Oversee testing and product release readiness, ensuring configuration control, traceability, calibration status, safety compliance, and adherence to approved test procedures.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams and suppliers to ensure alignment on quality requirements and drive compliance throughout the programme.
- Plan, support, and follow up audits, assessments, and configuration reviews, ensuring findings, actions, and continuous improvement initiatives are effectively implemented and closed.
- Drive continuous improvement and quality culture, using metrics, risk analysis, lessons learned, and data-driven actions to enhance programme performance and product quality.
Basic Qualifications
- Degree in Aerospace, Aeronautics, Systems, Electrical, Electronics & Mechatronics Engineering
- 6-8 years of Quality Assurance experience in the aerospace, defence, aviation, or high-precision manufacturing industry
- Proven knowledge of quality assurance techniques and methodologies (ISO 9001:2015, preferably AS9100D)
- Experience with testing tools and software test equipment
- Applied knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning and First Article Inspection tools and techniques
- Background knowledge of guided missiles, drones, UAV, or complex multidisciplinary systems that include subsystems such as warheads/fuzes, seekers, propulsion/motors, avionics, actuators, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Assemblies
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in related Engineering discipline
- American Society for Quality (ASQ) certified or similar
- Chartered Member of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI)
- Certified Explosive worker (to Explosives Act 15 of 2003 Explosives Regulations of the OHS Act 85 of 1993)
Location
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, AE
