FMEA Engineer Location: Coventry Contract: 6 month contract Outside IR35

Role Summary

The FMEA Engineer will act as a subject matter expert in the application of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis across engineering and manufacturing activities. The FMEA Engineer will support the development and deployment of best practice tools, systems, and methodologies to strengthen proactive risk identification, failure prevention, and operational control.

Working within a specialist engineering team, the FMEA Engineer will collaborate closely with R&D, quality, and manufacturing functions to ensure product and process reliability is maintained throughout development and production phases. The role will utilise structured analysis techniques and data-driven insights to support robust decision-making and minimise risk exposure across programmes.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate structured FMEA workshops with cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams • Create, maintain, and update DFMEAs and PFMEAs ensuring alignment with evolving designs, manufacturing processes, and quality documentation • Identify high-risk failure modes and drive prioritisation of mitigation actions across engineering teams • Coordinate corrective and preventive actions to reduce risk and ensure continuous improvement • Ensure all FMEA activities comply with AIAG-VDA standards and relevant customer-specific r...