https://jobs.co.uk/job/operations-quality-assurance-engineer-meritus--3a138da2-a032-4e9c-ade3-3ebac0180a69 RSS feed for Operations Quality Assurance Engineer at Meritus. en-gb Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:09:55 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/operations-quality-assurance-engineer-meritus--3a138da2-a032-4e9c-ade3-3ebac0180a69 https://jobs.co.uk/job/operations-quality-assurance-engineer-meritus--3a138da2-a032-4e9c-ade3-3ebac0180a69 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT Location: Stevenage | Salary: £32/hour | Type: Contract | MERITUS are recruiting for a Operations Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Defence and Space client at their Stevenage site. OPERATIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - -32 PER HOUR - 6 MONTHS - LIKELY EXTENDED - 1 STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS An opportunity has arisen for an Operational Quality Assurance Engineer to join a highly specialised defence and space manufacturing environment in the UK. The Quality function plays a critical role in ensuring that customer and regulatory requirements are met across the full spacecraft production lifecycle, including manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test. This position sits directly within the production environment and is responsible for driving quality standards, preventing defects, and ensuring compliance in complex, high-value hardware programmes. Key Responsibilities Take full ownership of quality assurance activities within a designated production area Conduct critical inspections and witness key manufacturing and integration operations Drive a proactive quality culture, influencing production teams to prevent non-conformances Lead the management and reduction of non-conformance and cost of poor quality ... Contract