12 principal quality engineer jobs found in Barrow-in-Furness

Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer – Assurance (NDE) Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Onsite) Salary: Competitive (Commensurate with skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Managing own tasks, delivering results, anticipating and escalating problem areas, providing guidance, coaching and mentoring to more junior members of the Quality department and Operations staff Coaching within your area of expertise allowing you to articulate technical information in a way that is easy to understand Supporting and leading NDT technology projects across all methods of NDT Carry out NDE inspections/audits by yourself and with teams ·Supporting SSNA build strategy and design reviews to ensure NDT is appropriate planned and achievable for future contracts Supporting build NDT teams with technical problems & NDT techniques Your skills and experiences: Essential: PCN Level 2 in; MT (MPI), PT (DPI), UT, ToFD, PAUT & RT...

Job Title: Principal Application Configuration Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing You will be responsible for leading a workstream within the Application Configuration scope Influencing the coordination and delivery of both reactive support and proactive , user-facing initiatives across Business-Wide PLM and CAD tools for the SSNA programme Be a key user of the PLM-CAD Applications providing support and advice to users Drive improvements in the deployment and user experience of PLM–CAD applications, ensuring that process and data governance practices are being adhered to Contribute to the deployment of PLM-CAD capability improvements, supporting key deliverables of the NXGenDigital programme Support with the definition,...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Nuclear Substantiation (Site) Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £60,000 + depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Authoring and managing nuclear site assets’ design substantiation documentation supporting the site nuclear safety case Reviewing analyses , assessments, and calculations supporting nuclear design substantiation Supporting periodic review of safety Taking ownership of deliverables, and demonstrating high levels of autonomy and leadership Supporting the implementation of design substantiation requirements Working closely with a broad range of stakeholders including Site Safety Case, Human Factors, and Engineering Authority Teams Support in the development of other Nuclear Substantiation team members Collaborating with the wider business on site assets...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Communications Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role Salary: Competitive What you’ll be doing: Leading the design and delivery of communications and audio systems for naval vessels, including defining system requirements and design standards to develop effective technical solutions Developing comprehensive technical documentation, including specifications, user manuals, and design calculations, to ensure alignment with performance requirements Defining testing protocols and providing on-site support for dockside installation and system commissioning activities Evaluating test and qualification results for compliance with technical requirements and presenting finding to both internal stakeholders and external clients Conducting technical development studies to verify and validate that system designs...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power) Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Hybrid). – (Barrow – 2 days a fortnight onsite; 1 day a week onsite at Filton) depending on business needs Salary: Up to £57,500 (Commensurate with skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Develop design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones Develop and manage requirements and acceptance criteria specific to a system or product and/or across a system of systems, platform or programme Understand the contractual and performance requirements for various systems, and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities Produce documentation required to support the design review process, including diagrams; technical specifications; supporting calculations; design evidence and justifications Provide technical...

Job Title: Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role Salary: Circa £55,000 What you’ll be doing: Lead the end-to-end development of complex fluid systems, shaping designs that meet demanding performance and environmental requirements Create and review high-value engineering deliverables – for schematics and P&IDs to calculations, system descriptions, and 3D models Drive advanced system analyses , including flow, pressure, thermal, and transient modelling to validate performance under challenging conditions Select and assess critical equipment (pumps, compressors, valves, heat exchangers, filters, tanks), ensuring it meet tough submarine operating environments Champion technology integrity by reviewing supplier documentation, ensuring full compliance with shock, vibration, atmosphere,...

Job Title: Lead Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role Salary: Circa £55,000 What you’ll be doing: As a Lead Principal Engineer within the SSNA Platform Mechanical Integrated Delivery Team (IDT), you will play a key leadership role in delivering engineering scope across a complex and fast-paced submarine programme. You’ll take ownership of multiple systems, provide technical assurance, and collaborate across disciplines to drive delivery forward. Leading the delivery of assigned engineering scope, ensuring quality and timely outputs across design, integration, and qualification Overseeing technical ownership of several mechanical systems, ensuring compliance with system requirements and effective collaboration across interface areas Producing engineering artifacts, including documentation, calculations and...

Job Title: Senior Engineer – Mechanical – HVAC (Chilled Water) Location: Glasgow, Bristol, Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Up to £49,100 (Depending on skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Preparing specifications and developing chilled water system designs in accordance with project requirements, technical standards, and quality expectations. This includes Fluid calculations, pump and pipework sizing and system schematics Carry out design appraisals in assigned areas to ensure compliance with all applicable standards and design criteria. Participating in the development, maintenance, and modification of engineering processes and procedures relating to chilled water distribution systems, ensuring they remain aligned with technical developments, regulatory requirements, and operational needs Carrying out specialist technical...

Job Title: Senior Combat Systems Engineer Salary: up to £49,100 + depending on skills and experience Location: Scotstoun – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role What you’ll be doing: Undertake the physical integration of RCD Combat System (CS) Sub-Systems, liaising with other CS Technical Leads , and the RCD CS Technical Authority team to ensure coherency across the CS, whilst considering the incorporation of whole ship and system requirements. Monitor and maintain the physical and transverse suite of information for RCD CS Sub-Systems within the appropriate Naval Ships toolsets. Provide technical input into the Detailed Design team (Stage 2) to ensure that CS compartment layouts are in line with customer endorsed notional arrangements to maintain Compartment Plan Approval (CPA). Ensure that design rules for the physical integration of CS Sub-Systems...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Product Safety Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Filton or Broad Oak – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Develop, implement and maintain the Project Safety Management System within a Systems Engineering framework Produce and manage Project Safety Management Plans & Justification Plans Lead Whole Boat Product Safety hazard and risk identification, management and assessment activities, including modern analysis techniques such as STAMP & STPA Influence the construction and delivery of the Project Safety Case including Safety Case reports throughout the projects lifecycle Complete peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance tasks to demonstrate the adequacy and robustness of the Safety Case and supporting documentation Oversee and...

Job Title: Principal HVAC Design Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role Salary: Circa £55,000 What you’ll be doing: Lead the end-to-end development of cutting-edge HVAC systems, ensuring they meet demanding performance, safety, and environmental standards Create and review high-impact engineering artefacts – from specifications and P&IDs to calculations and 3D models Drive advanced thermal, airflow, and pressure analyses toto validate system performance in challenging conditions Transform complex requirements into robust, innovative, and verifiable design solutions that set the benchmark for excellence Guide and influence engineers, suppliers, and design partners, shaping best-in-class HVAC integration across the platform Enhance design standards and evaluate specialist equipment, contributing to reviews, hazard...

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