Senior Quality Engineer - Composite Manufacturing

About the role

Hexcel, a global leader in advanced composites technology, is recruiting a Senior Quality Engineer at its Duxford site. You will support quality excellence across manufacturing operations, working closely with production, engineering, customers and suppliers to identify improvements, resolve complex quality issues and ensure compliance in a large-scale composite manufacturing environment. The role suits professionals from aerospace, automotive, industrial manufacturing or other highly regulated sectors.

Key responsibilities

• Support internal, external and customer audits, ensuring compliance with QMS, regulatory and customer requirements.
• Lead and support non-conformance investigations, corrective actions and preventive improvement activities.
• Conduct root cause investigations and resolve product and process issues.
• Interpret specifications and quality requirements to support disposition decisions.
• Partner with manufacturing teams to improve process performance, product quality and efficiency.
• Analyse quality data and KPIs to spot trends, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Apply quality tools and methodologies to resolve issues and strengthen processes.
• Produce and maintain PPAP documentation where required.
• Manage customer quality communications and support supplier quality activities and audits.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of the Quality Management System.

Required profile

• Degree in Engineering, Quality Management or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven experience in Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering or a similar role in manufacturing settings such as aerospace, automotive, advanced manufacturing, heavy engineering, assembly-line production or sheet metal fabrication.
• Experience supporting audits, quality investigations, customer requirements and compliance activities.
• Strong analytical skills, curiosity and ability to challenge assumptions and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Eligibility to work in the country where the position is based.

Required skills

• Quality Management Systems, with experience to AS9100, NADCAP or similar regulated standards.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, process controls, inputs, outputs and quality assurance principles.
• Supplier quality management or supplier auditing knowledge is advantageous.