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Quality Engineer
Location: London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Competitive
Equity: Benchmarked
Role Overview:
You will build and command the quality system that underpins Isembard’s entire industrial network.
This is the role that determines whether Isembard becomes a trusted manufacturing partner to the world’s most demanding aerospace, defence, and energy companies.
You are the final authority on whether parts ship.
You are the standard-setter for every factory we operate and every franchise we enable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Global Quality System
- Architect and scale a unified ISO9001 / AS9100D quality system across owned and franchised factories
- Define what “good” looks like — and enforce it without compromise
- Factory-Level Execution
- Design inspection strategies (FAIRs, in-process, final inspection) for high-precision components
- Establish frameworks that actually drive yield, not just reporting
- Audit & Compliance
- Lead internal, external, and customer audits
- Own franchise site certification and ongoing compliance
- Root Cause & Continuous Improvement
- Personally lead critical root cause investigations
- Build a culture where problems are surfaced early and solved permanently
- Customer Trust
- Act as the senior quality interface to primes and high-stakes customers
- Shorten sales cycles by being a credible, trusted authority
Required Skills:
- Deep experience owning or running AS9100 / ISO9001 systems in high-precision manufacturing
- Background in aerospace, defence, or similarly regulated industries
- Proven ability to design and implement QMS from first principles