Supplier Quality Engineer

Location Denham Salary Highly competitive salary and benefits package Application Deadline Sunday, November 16, 2025 Job Summary

Why work for Martin-Baker

A career in aerospace with a British engineering firm that is saving lives worldwide. When you work at Martin-Baker, you're providing pilots with their last form of defence.

What you'll be doing

Martin-Baker is the world's leading manufacturer of ejection seats, helping to protect aircrew in the world's most advanced military aircraft. Our mission is simple - to save aircrew lives.

Join us on this mission as Supplier Quality Engineer, focused with Mechanical suppliers, part of our Sourcing department and based in from our Denham campus. The role will involve traveling to supplier sites, as needed.

You'll be responsible for providing quality engineering support to company supply chains, influencing supplier development to ensure that products are sourced to required quality standards and delivery conditions. This role will focus with mechanical business processes, including machine parts, fabrics, surface treatments and explosives. Using KPI indicators, you'll measure and report on supplier performance levels, assisting colleagues from further Sourcing teams with the quality certification process of validating potential new suppliers, auditing both existing and new suppliers relating to their performance. Our suppliers that we proudly partner with are located within the UK and internationally. This role will provide interesting, rewarding and worthwhile learning experiences.

The future of engineering and manufacturing is changing. To future-proof your career Martin-Baker will always keep investing in your development. That's a long-term promise. Because we want to learn from you, so keeping your skills up to date is important to us, and important for our future. We're after people who are curious and enjoy solving problems.

Characteristics & Skills

• Seasoned manufacturing, quality control or audit experience, with understanding of machining and surface treatment processes linked to product manufacturing. Understanding of quality assurance best practices within automative, aerospace or defence sectors.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems and first article process/documentation details.
• Familiarity with manufacturing methods and production models with relevant supply chain experience.
• Commitment to the highest standards.
• Be curious and have an interest and enthusiasm for engineering.
• Have an eye for detail and getting things right.
• Share and demonstrate the Martin-Baker Values.

At Martin-Baker you'll have the opportunity to work alongside experts who will help you to obtain a wide understanding of an engineering business, and you'll develop new skills and gain a strong industry experience.

What We Offer

• Highly competitive 9% non-contributory pension scheme (18+)
• 4x salary Life Assurance
• Lunchtime finish on a Friday
• Personalised training and development plan
• Healthcare plan
• 25-days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Martin-Baker + (retail discounts platform)
• Occupational Health team
• Workplace Nursery Benefit scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

We believe in equal opportunity, committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is respected. We want you to be able to do your best work.

Martin-Baker is a signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, showing our support and commitment to our Armed Forces and their families, proudly supporting those who serve.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). For more information and guidance please visit

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