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Quality Assurance Engineer

Thompson Aero SeatingPortadown, Craigavon

Salary
£38k – £38k
Posted
7 September 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Thompson Aero Seating is hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer in Portadown, a full-time engineering role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £38k – £38k. Thompson Aero Seating holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

The Quality Assurance Engineer in NPI acts as the lead Quality representative on integrated project teams, supporting the development and introduction of business class seating for the world’s leading airlines. This role ensures all quality deliverables are completed on time and to standard. The engineer will drive defect prevention, promote built-in quality, and lead problem solving activities to embed quality into every stage of the product development lifecycle. A key focus is enabling smoot…
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  • Employer: Thompson Aero Seating — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £38k – £38k
  • How this salary compares: about 22% below the £48,000 median across 1,247 engineering roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Portadown, Craigavon · Full-time
  • Posted: 7 September 2026
  • How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.
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