Senior Quality Engineer

Senior Quality Engineer

2026-09-26T00:00:00

Location: Cornwall, Cornwall, GB, TR1 2AF

Full Time

2026-12-26T03:03:08.15

This job is with Danaher, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork - the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cytiva, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. At Cytiva you will be able to
to continuously improve yourself and us - working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

What you'll do:

• Support and Lead the operations teams and Engineers when required in the evaluation, trending and reporting of internal and external non-conformances to establish priorities and identify common threads aimed at a continuous reduction in internal non-conformance occurrences via internal or supplier process improvements.


• Develop, Manage and maintain the development plans for the Quality Engineers in QA.


• Actively review the production environment identifying non-conformity, areas to improve compliance


• Coordination and reporting of relevant failure investigations and subsequent corrective and preventive actions and reviewing effectiveness of these.


• Work with the Engineers to collect, analyse, trend and report data on rejects from routine production inspection and QC tests and related processes to establish improvement priorities and identify common threads aimed at a reduction in external complaints.


• Work with QA Specialists and others as appropriate to ensure that production inspections and QC tests are aligned with customer needs.

Who you are:

• Ability to lead others when working within a cross functional team.


• Logical, inquiring approach to work


• Must be motivated and able to work to deadlines


• Ability to work without supervision, using own initiative, prioritising work as appropriate whilst maintaining a cross-functional team approach.


• Able to make reasoned and objective decisions where necessary and communicate these in an effective manner.


• It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:




• Quality/Engineering Leadership


• Lead and Facilitate Kaizen events/improvement activities


• Conduct QMS and manufacturing audits

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

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This job is with Danaher, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork - the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cytiva, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives-and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life. Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. At Cytiva you will be able
to continuously improve yourself and us - working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. What you'll do:Support and Lead the operations teams and Engineers when required in the evaluation, trending and reporting of internal and external non-conformances to establish priorities and identify common threads aimed at a continuous reduction in internal non-conformance occurrences via internal or supplier process improvements.Develop, Manage and maintain the development plans for the Quality Engineers in QA.Actively review the production environment identifying non-conformity, areas to improve complianceCoordination and reporting of relevant failure investigations and subsequent corrective and preventive actions and reviewing effectiveness of these.Work with the Engineers to collect, analyse, trend
and report data on rejects from routine production inspection and QC tests and related processes to establish improvement priorities and identify common threads aimed at a reduction in external complaints. Work with QA Specialists and others as appropriate to ensure that production inspections and QC tests are aligned with customer needs.Who you are: Ability to lead others when working within a cross functional team.Logical, inquiring approach to workMust be motivated and able to work to deadlinesAbility to work without supervision, using own initiative, prioritising work as appropriate whilst maintaining a cross-functional team approach.Able to make reasoned and objective decisions where necessary and communicate these in an effective manner.It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:Quality/Engineering LeadershipLead and Facilitate Kaizen events/improvement activitiesConduct QMS and manufacturing auditsJoin our winning team today. Together, we'll
accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.For more information, visit www.danaher.com.