Senior Quality Engineering Manager

About the role

McLaren Racing is seeking a senior leader to drive reliability across design, manufacturing and supply chain. You will shape the Quality Engineering function to ensure perfect reliability for championship performance.

Key responsibilities

• Define and deliver the Quality Engineering strategy aligned with reliability and business goals.
• Lead and develop a high‑performing team of Quality Engineers, establishing clear ownership and standards.
• Own supply‑chain quality, creating robust supplier quality processes, audits, quality gates and escalation routes.
• Partner with Design, Manufacturing Engineering and Supply Chain to manage quality risks from concept to production release.
• Drive Quality Engineering involvement in design reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews and production release decisions.
• Identify, escalate and resolve reliability risks, providing evidence‑based recommendations.
• Own key quality metrics and dashboards, using data and trend analysis to prioritise activity and improve right‑first‑time delivery.
• Develop and implement processes, standards and operating models that strengthen quality, consistency and performance.
• Foster a culture of proactive problem‑solving, technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Significant leadership experience in Quality Engineering within a high‑performance environment such as motorsport, aerospace, automotive or advanced manufacturing.
• Proven experience leading supplier quality and supply‑chain assurance in complex, low‑volume, high‑variability manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes including precision machining, composites, metallics, additive manufacturing, assemblies and special processes.
• Expertise in supplier audits, supplier development, quality gates, corrective‑action management and continuous improvement.
• Deep knowledge of root‑cause analysis methodologies (e.g., 8D) and non‑conformance management.
• Experience collaborating with Design, Manufacturing, Inspection and Supply Chain teams to improve manufacturability and quality.

Required skills

• Supplier audits
• Supplier development
• Quality gates
• Corrective‑action management
• Continuous improvement
• Root‑cause analysis (8D)
• Non‑conformance management
• Precision machining
• Composites manufacturing
• Metallics manufacturing
• Additive manufacturing
• Assembly processes