Design Quality Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a dedicated Design Quality Engineer to join our R&D team in the Ealing office. This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and compliance throughout their lifecycle — from concept and design to production and end-of-life. You will act as the quality representative within project teams, defining and implementing quality actions, driving robust design practices, and ensuring adherence to product and regulatory standards.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\n * \n\n Lead Quality in Design: Represent quality within multidisciplinary R&D project teams across the UK and internationally, collaborating with Marketing, Process Engineering, Production, and both internal and external laboratories.\n\n * \n\n Drive Design Excellence: Contribute to product design reviews, ensuring quality requirements and risk mitigation are integrated early in development.\n\n * \n\n Supplier & Partner Quality: Support development and qualification of new suppliers by defining and assessing quality requirements.\n\n * \n\n Testing & Validation: Develop and oversee test and qualification plans; coordinate external laboratory testing and certification activities (UL, ASTA, BSI, BV, etc.).\n\n * \n\n Problem Solving: Apply structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, FMEA, Root Cause Analysis) to address non-conformities and improve product robustness.\n\n * \n\n Process Improvement: Ensure adherence to design best practices, statistical methods, and quality tools (capability studies, experimental plans, test planning).\n\n * \n\n Audit & Compliance: Participate in internal and external audits and maintain compliance with relevant standards and certification requirements.\n\n * \n\n Risk & Reliability: Identify and evaluate product risks (quality, schedule, performance), propose corrective actions, and ensure product acceptance criteria are well defined and validated.\n\n * \n\n Lifecycle Quality Ownership: Maintain quality accountability from concept through industrialisation, ensuring stable and sustainable product quality.\n\nQualifications & Experience\n\n * \n\n Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or related discipline).\n\n * \n\n Proven experience in product design, quality engineering, or R&D within a manufacturing or technology environment.\n\n * \n\n Familiarity with design quality tools (DFMEA, PPAP, Control Plans, etc.).\n\n * \n\n Experience working with international certification bodies and external laboratories.\n\n * \n\n Strong analytical and communication skills; able to influence cross-functional teams