Quality Engineer

Recruit4staff are proud to be representing their client, a leading Manufacturing company in their search for a Quality Engineer to work in their leading facility in Hortonwood.  

For the successful Quality Engineer, our client is offering: 

• Salary £36,000 - £40,000 DOE
• Days position 8:15am - 4:45pm - 40 hours per week
• Permanent position
• Free parking
• 21 days holiday + bank holidays
• Overtime opportunities
• Nice, friendly company to work for

The role – Quality Engineer:

• Monitor PCB fabrication and Surface Mount Technology (SMT) assembly workflows, applying statistical process control (SPC) to track yield rates.
• Lead root-cause analysis (RCA) and implement Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) for soldering defects, delamination, and component misalignments.
• Oversee inspections such as Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), X-ray testing, and First Article Inspection (FAI).
• Ensure the manufacturing floor complies with quality standards like ISO 9001 and industry-standard electronics guidelines (e.g., IPC-A-610).
• Maintain quality management systems (QMS), generate technical reports, and update process instructions.
• PCB manufacturing, failure analysis, or hardware engineering.
• Ability to interpret Gerber files, schematics, and blueprint drawings.

What our client is looking for in a Quality Engineer;

• Previous experience in similar role- ESSENTIAL
• Engineering Degree qualified or working towards- DESIRABLE
• Knowledge and understanding of IPC Standards: IPC-A-610 (Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies), IPC-J-STD-001 (Soldering) Quality Methodologies: Six Sigma, 8D Problem Solving, 5 Whys, FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
• Knowledge and understanding of Inspection Equipment: AOI (Automated Optical Inspection), AXI (Automated X-ray Inspection), and CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machines)

Key skills or similar Job titles:
 
Quality Engineer, Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer, Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Quality Systems Engineer, Graduate Quality Engineer, Graduate Engineer, Quality Tech

Job Reference: opp-25726