Senior Production Quality Engineer

About Motion Applied

Motion Applied is a recognised leader in high-performance electronic components for motorsport. Our commitment to precision, innovation, and reliability drives our success across elite racing platforms. We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our team and lead quality assurance across production and customer programmes.

Purpose of the Role

As Senior Quality Engineer, reporting to the Head of Quality, you will be the primary quality lead for production and customer-facing activities. You will ensure delivery of programme milestones, drive root cause investigations (leading 8D and 5Y investigations), and influence quality culture across the shopfloor and wider engineering teams. This role demands technical expertise in electronics and a strong ability to lead and collaborate across functions.

Role Dimensions

The role will require overtime during peak periods or as projects demand, to ensure delivery of key objectives and responsibilities are achieved.

Principal Accountabilities

• Lead quality assurance for electronic components and systems across production and customer programmes.
• Drive root cause analysis using 8D, 5Y, and other problem-solving tools.
• Host and manage customer audits, ensuring non-conformances are resolved effectively.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Production, and Project teams to ensure quality targets are met.
• Analyse failure modes and provide detailed reports to customers and suppliers.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives across the shopfloor and cross-functional teams.
• Develop and audit inspection/test plans and acceptance criteria in collaboration with NPI teams.
• Facilitate Material Review Boards and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Support and improve quality systems in line with ISO9001 and IPC Class 3 standards.
• Act as a quality ambassador, influencing behaviours and standards across the business.
• Work autonomously within established procedures and practices.
• Ensure activities are conducted in line with Motion Applied Safety, Quality and Environmental systems and focused to achieve customer expectations.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Proven experience in electronics manufacturing, ideally within motorsport or high-performance sectors.
• Strong background in PCB fault investigation and electronic quality systems.
• Skilled in quality tools: 8D, SPC, Pareto, Ishikawa, 5Y, Six Sigma.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence teams on the shopfloor and across departments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in lean manufacturing and process improvement.
• Degree in Engineering or equivalent (preferred but not essential).
• Pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset with strong analytical skills.
• Comfortable working autonomously and managing multiple priorities.

What we can offer you

• Annual leave (25 days + bank holidays, pro-rated for part time colleagues).
• Enhanced Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave and pay.
• Flexible working policies, including Hybrid Working.
• Life assurance to the value of 4 times base salary.
• Opportunity to join the Applied Pension Plan.
• Company funded individual private healthcare with the option to extend to partner or dependents at a discounted rate.
• Electric car scheme - salary sacrifice scheme with eligibility after probationary period.

Who we are

Motion Applied (formerly McLaren Applied) are a medium-sized tech firm spun out of McLaren Group. We're looking for people who will thrive in a non-hierarchical, growth-orientated company, self-starters who are flexible and somewhat entrepreneurial in their approach.

Applied are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) and promote DEI in all we do. Motion Applied are also members of the UK Government Disability Confident Scheme