Position: Quality Engineer

Location: Swindon
Salary: Up to £50,000 + Benefits

KO2 are now recruiting for an experienced Quality Engineer to join our industry leading client within the semiconductor industry. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in both customer quality assurance and supplier quality management, ensuring that world-class standards are maintained across a global supply chain.

In this role, you’ll take ownership of customer return investigations, leading structured 8D problem-solving in close collaboration with the Failure Analysis (FA) team and suppliers. You’ll act as the key link between customers, internal engineering teams, and suppliers — driving transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the quality process.

Alongside customer quality, you’ll also be responsible for ensuring strong supplier performance across wafer fabrication, ASIC assembly, and test suppliers — managing issues through corrective actions, MRB/CRB activities, and supplier audits.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the customer return process, ensuring timely and thorough 8D investigations from start to resolution.
• Communicate investigation progress, containment actions, and corrective measures clearly and professionally to customers.
• Coordinate failure analysis priorities with the FA team based on customer impact and business needs.
• Guide internal teams and suppliers in applying structured 8D and root cause analysis methods.
• Manage supplier-related quality issues, verifying the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure customer complaints and non-conformities are effectively communicated and resolved within supplier networks.
• Lead MRB and CRB reviews to drive robust decision-making and resolution.
• Work closely with Engineering, Production, and Supply Chain to deliver sustainable quality improvements.
• Conduct supplier audits and assessments, identifying systemic risks and ensuring compliance to standards.

Experience & Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in a Quality Engineering role within semiconductor or automotive electronics.
• Experience of semiconductor processes: wafer fabrication, ASIC assembly, and testing.
• Internal auditor IATF 16949 or VDA6.3 (can be expired certificate)
• Knowledge of quality management systems (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, VDA 6.3).
• Experience in managing strategic suppliers (manage supplier evaluation and improvement projects, PPAP’s, FMEA’s)
• Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, and SPC methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using 8D, 5 Whys, and Fishbone tools.

If you’re a quality-focused engineer with experience in semiconductors or high-reliability electronics, this is the role for you

Apply with your CV or contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions for more information.

Embedded Systems Engineer – Sport Tech Scale-Up (Vauxhall, London | £40,000–£55,000)
Hybrid: 3 days in-office (inc. Thursdays), 2 days remote | 1 month/year working from the Austrian Alps

Are you passionate about sports, electronics, and cutting-edge embedded systems? Fancy spending a month every year working from the Austrian Alps—testing world-class ski tech on real snow?

KO2’s client are a rapidly scaling sport tech company based in Vauxhall, London, building the future of ski coaching. The compabies flagship product is a wearable sensor system combined with a novel mobile app that delivers real-time coaching to skiers using precision embedded systems and smart motion analysis. It’s been a hit—and we’re growing fast.

They are now looking for an Embedded Systems Engineer who’s excited to design and build the next generation of our hardware. If you live and breathe electronics, ski (or want to learn), and love getting stuck into both firmware and hardware—this could be your dream role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and prototyping custom electronics hardware (including PCB layout)
• Writing embedded firmware in C for Nordic NRF52 series MCUs
• Integrating MEMS sensors and Bluetooth connectivity into wearables
• Collaborating with a small, talented hardware team (London and remote)
• Supporting R&D for next-gen embedded systems platform
• Spending 1 month/year working from our Austrian office in a top-tier ski resort—gear up, it’s all on us!

About you:

• 3–5 years of experience in embedded systems and electronics design
• Strong hands-on experience with PCB design and prototyping
• Comfortable with embedded C development, ideally on Nordic platforms
• Bonus: experience with MEMS sensors, Bluetooth, or ski gear!
• You enjoy working in small teams, wearing multiple hats, and seeing your product used on the slopes

Why join us?

• Work on a genuinely novel product used by thousands of passionate skiers
• Base yourself in London (Vauxhall) with hybrid flexibility (3 days in-office incl. Thursdays)
• Be part of a fast-growing team (50+ people), but small and tight-knit hardware crew
• Free accommodation and ski access in Austria for a month every year
• Influence both the design and direction of the product and company
• Salary of £40,000–£55,000, depending on experience

If you’re a skier, a snowboarder, or just a sports-mad embedded engineer tired of the same old roles—this could be the career move that finally combines your passion and your work.

Apply now to join the team bringing world-class embedded systems and electronics to the slopes.