Process Quality Engineer

Nidec•Saint Charles, IL

20h

About The Position

The Process Quality Engineer continually improves existing quality processes, develops new processes, and manages their efficient implementation to support the goal of zero PPM electronic product defects. The role supports manufacturing quality for electronic components, ensuring processes comply with IATF16949, quality management systems, and customer requirements. It evaluates process conformance, conducts audits, validates systems and supplied materials, analyzes quality and process data, and develops corrective actions and improvements. The position also provides quality engineering support to operations, collaborates with cross-functional teams to resolve manufacturing issues, trains manufacturing teams on quality procedures, and maintains documentation and reports on quality performance. The work regularly involves standing and walking, frequent sitting and microscope-based visual inspection, and occasional lifting or moving of items up to 25 pounds.

Requirements

At least 1 year of Quality Engineering or Quality Process Auditing experience.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering or another technical major.
High attention to detail and ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks.
High self-initiative, independent thinking, and strict adherence to and application of SOPs and WGSs.
Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
Ability to interpret, understand, and teach technical work instructions.
Creativity and problem-solving skills.
Professional and collaborative approach to working with diverse teams.
Ability to regularly stand and walk, frequently sit and perform visual inspection using a microscope, and occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

Improve existing quality processes, develop new processes, and implement quality control procedures to ensure electronic components meet industry standards and customer requirements.
Plan and evaluate process conformance; conduct quality audits of manufacturing and inspection processes; validate systems; establish critical processes; and prepare performance reports.
Manage and validate supplied materials and establish corrective actions to eliminate non-conformance.
Ensure timelines and quality requirements are met throughout phases of engineered processes.
Review manufacturing processes for continuous quality improvement and develop and execute quality systems and manufacturing methods to enhance processes.
Analyze data and monitor implementation of process and quality control strategies.
Perform process quality assessments and monitor activities for measuring processes.
Provide quality engineering support to operations engineering and help resolve manufacturing issues to improve process quality.
Monitor projects, identify quality risks and issues, and prepare related documentation.
Collect and analyze product quality, defect-rate, and process-performance data; identify root causes and develop data-informed strategies to address issues.
Collaborate with the Operations Technical Training Coordinator to train manufacturing teams on quality procedures and ensure compliance with best practices.
Work with operations engineers and production managers and supervisors to identify and resolve quality problems through root cause analysis, corrective actions, and effectiveness monitoring.
Maintain accurate quality-control data, process documentation, test results, and records of changes or improvements.
Prepare quality-performance reports and present them to management or stakeholders.
Ensure manufacturing quality processes for NMOA electronic components comply with IATF16949, quality management systems, and customer requirements.
Perform other job-related duties as directed.