Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineer
Location: Greenford 40 hours per week
Reports to: Supplier Quality Manager
About Brompton
We make bikes that move differently. Every fold, every ride, every detail matters. At Brompton, engineering and craft meet freedom of expression. Each bike invites you to explore your city, your routine, and yourself in new ways.
We don’t just make bikes. We shape possibilities. Over fifty years of innovation flow through every frame, and every team member helps shape what comes next. We are looking for a [Role Title] to help us keep moving differently.
About the role
Supports the Supplier Quality Manager by working closely with suppliers to ensure processes, systems, and products meet customer design intent and quality requirements. The role focuses on supplier verification, defect prevention, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement, while managing customer-specific requirements and providing technical support. It ensures robust product quality through New Product Introduction, minimises quality costs, and safeguards continuity of supply. The position contributes to complex, multi-phase projects, with outcomes reviewed at key milestones by senior management.
Key Responsibilities:
General and Task Management
Conduct supplier validation and quality audits, lead supplier approval processes (including APQP), and assess manufacturing capability and HSE risks.
Collaborate with Engineering and suppliers to define process parameters, improve capability, and support new product introduction and first-off approvals.
Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions, including on-site verification and escalation of unresolved issues.
Monitor, analyse and report supplier performance through KPIs, PPM, warranty, cost recovery, and quality data to drive continuous improvement.
Promote and support process improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, PFMEA, MSA and error-proofing techniques.
Ensure accurate documentation, compliance with regulatory and PPAP requirements, and provide quality training internally and externally.
Develop strong stakeholder relationships, manage supplier strategy independently, conduct benchmarking, and communicate progress through reports and presentations.
About You
Committed to Health, Safety, and Environmental policies.
Resilient, positive, and adaptable, with the confidence to drive change
Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others
Self-aware, ethical, and honest, demonstrating moral courage in all interactions.
Able to work independently, using initiative, as well as contributing to a team
Committed to continuous learning and professional development
Knowledge of quality and business systems including, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
Experience of plastic injection moldings and/or metal forming preferred.
Lean Manufacturing knowledge
Knowledge of ISO9001/ISO18001/ISO14001
Knowledge of measurement techniques and understanding and interpretation of engineering drawings
Qualifications and Experience Levels:
Degree preferred, HNC or equivalent experience in similar role
Substantial experience in a volume manufacturing environment,
Experience of working in Quality Assurance
Experience of Supplier Quality Development
Why Brompton?
Because we make bikes that surprise and delight, we want people who do the same. Your work matters. You’ll get hands-on, tackle real problems, and see the results on the streets, on the train and across cities around the world. At Brompton, craft, curiosity and community come together every day and you’ll be part of it.
Benefits at Brompton:
Brompton offers you an excellent working environment with enthusiastic colleagues who get along, communicate and co-operate well with each other. The working climate is informal, but we work hard. Next to good terms of employment, Brompton offers…