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Quality Engineer

Stockport - Hybrid Working Available

Based at Novanta's Laser Technologies Centre of Excellence

• Lead reliability engineering activities for cutting-edge products
• Shape product validation strategies and qualification programmes
• Drive complex failure investigations that influence future product designs
• Analyse manufacturing and field performance data to identify reliability improvements
• Partner with engineering, R&D, manufacturing and quality teams globally
• Influence critical decisions during product launches, manufacturing transfers and customer qualifications
• Create data-driven reliability models and predictive insights that shape business strategy

What you will be doing:

• Leading reliability validation and qualification activities
• Designing and executing accelerated life testing programmes
• Performing failure investigations and root cause analysis
• Developing reliability models and performance dashboards
• Supporting NPI and manufacturing transfer initiatives
• Driving corrective actions to improve reliability and customer satisfaction
• Supporting customer audits and technical reviews

• Reliability Engineering
• Product Validation
• Failure Analysis
• Root Cause Investigation
• Statistical Analysis
• Manufacturing Environments
• Data Analytics Tools such as Minitab, JMP, Power BI or Excel

Why Join Novanta?

• Global technology leader
• Products with meaningful impact
• Collaborative engineering culture
• High levels of technical autonomy
• Strong investment in innovation
• Career development within a global organisation

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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