Quality Engineering Manager

McLaren; Woking; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading racing team in the UK seeks an experienced Quality Engineering Leader. You will implement robust quality processes, manage a team, and ensure operational excellence in manufacturing and design. Ideal candidates have over 5 years in quality engineering and strong leadership abilities. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for personal growth.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Car schemes

Life insurance

Generous pension contributions

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in quality engineering leadership in advanced manufacturing.
• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.
• Experience auditing within the supply chain.
• Expertise in quality management systems.
• Familiarity with diverse manufacturing methods.
• Demonstrated capability in leading projects.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality Engineering strategy and align with business objectives.
• Manage a team of Quality Engineers with clear goals.
• Oversee quality assurance processes across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure supplier quality standards are met through audits.
• Develop and own the quality management system.
• Act as interface between engineering, operations, and supply chain.

Skills

Quality engineering leadership

Team development

Lead auditor trained

Quality management systems

Manufacturing methods

Stakeholder management

Job description

At McLaren Racing, we’re not just here to try to take the chequered flag. We’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. And we’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology, too.

Purpose of the Role:

To lead the Quality Engineering function to ensure robust quality processes and standards across manufacturing, supply chain and design. Drive continuous improvement and resolution activities to deliver increases in right-first-time and reliability.

Principal Accountabilities:

Leadership & Strategy

• Define and implement the Quality Engineering strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Manage and develop a team of Quality Engineers, setting clear goals and performance measures.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and proactive problem-solving across the team.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee quality assurance processes across the full product lifecycle—from concept through production.
• Ensure supplier quality standards are met through audits, performance reviews, and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and inspection teams to embed quality principles early in development.

Compliance & Governance

• Develop the quality management system, processes and documentation to ensure robustness.
• Own internal audit systems and ensure timely resolution of non-conformances.
• Own quality metrics that drive data-led decision-making.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the key interface between engineering, operations, and supply chain for quality-related issues.
• Support reliability meetings and contribute to risk mitigation strategies.
• Work with Quality Control leadership to ensure risks are understood and mitigated

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• 5+years’ experience in quality engineering leadership, within high-performance or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.
• Lead auditor trained with experience auditing within the supply chain.
• Expertise in implementing and maintaining quality management systems.
• Familiarity with a wide range of manufacturing methods, including composites, metallics, additive manufacturing & special processes.
• Demonstrated capability in leading companywide projects and realising benefits.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Personal Attributes:

• Must be a natural leader and able to take people with you on change journeys.
• Must be focused and able to work in a methodical manner, even when working under pressure.
• Conscientious approach to workload, with flexibility in working hours and tasks undertaken.
• Driven, self-motivated and extremely pro‑active, takes opportunity to use own initiative.
• Earns respect of team‑members by their own actions and behaviour.
• Determined- results focussed, driven to achieve a successful outcome.

What McLaren can offer?

We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break‑out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.