Quality Technician

About the role

We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality.

All for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.

Job Summary

The Quality Technician IV is an advanced support role responsible for ensuring operational quality integrity through expert hands-on execution, escalation leadership, and stabilization of complex quality challenges. This role applies deep technical knowledge of inspection, measurement, process controls, and quality procedures to prevent defects, contain issues, and protect production flow in demanding manufacturing or operational environments.

About the role

The Quality Technician IV routine quality execution, taking ownership of complex quality activities, issue resolution, and execution oversight across products, lines, or operational areas. The role bridges Quality and Manufacturing by ensuring quality discipline is maintained even under production pressure. Quality Technician is a skilled trade professional position responsible for protecting operational quality through expert direct inspection, measurement, calibration, problem resolution, and production-quality support.

The primary focus of this position is ownership and execution of the plant's gage calibration program. The technician ensures that inspection, measuring, and test equipment is carefully selected, calibrated, identified, documented, traceable, and available for production use.

Specific Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical resource for the plant's gage calibration program.
• Maintain the equipment inventory, calibration schedule, and traceability records.
• Perform advanced calibration, verification, and adjustment of inspection, and test equipment.
• Ensure calibrations are completed accurately and by their established due dates.
• Ensure the proper selection, calibration, handling, storage, and use of equipment.
• Support manufacturing operations and product quality by completing product inspections.
• Maintain compliance with ISO standards, and internal quality management systems.

Travel Requirements

Minimal travel required (less than 5%)

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of seven years of relevant experience in quality, inspection, manufacturing, calibration, metrology, or operational quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree, technical certification, or advanced coursework in quality.
• Previous responsibility for administering a formal gage calibration system.
• Experience with CMMs, and other advanced dimensional-inspection equipment.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, or other quality-management-system requirements.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of precision measuring instruments, including calipers, micrometers, height gages, indicators, optical comparators, torque tools, force gages, and CMM equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, blueprints, GD&T, and technical specifications.
• Understanding of Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility (Gauge R&R), and statistical process control (SPC).
• Advanced troubleshooting and critical thinking skills.
• Effective communication skills for training personnel and coordinating with suppliers, auditors, and production teams.
• Ability to collaborate across Quality, Engineering, Production, and Maintenance departments.
• Strong commitment to safety, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Languages

• Strong English verbal, written and presentation skills required.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to maintain stationary positions; the employee must often position self, move, and transport up to 50 pounds unassisted. close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust, focus and the ability to differentiate colors. Constantly use hands and fingers to assemble, prepare, and inspect products. Constantly works around moving machinery.

• Additional Job Details
• Support & Production - S4
• Organizational Impact
• Works to achieve operational targets within job area, with significant impact on achievement of results for the team
• Work consists of tasks that are typically not routine
• Works independently under limited supervision
• Frequently required to apply discretion within broad operational boundaries and procedures

Communication & Influence

• Communicates with contacts typically within the department on matters that involve obtaining or providing information on matters of significant importance to the team
• Explains practices, procedures, and policies in order to reach agreement

Innovation & Complexity

• Responsible for making moderate changes in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of team
• Expected to independently propose solutions to problems for manager review
• Daily challenges are typically not complex, and may require analysis to understand and resolve

Leadership & Talent Management

• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within team
• May delegate tasks within a team or be responsible for review of work

Knowledge & Experience

• Requires specialist knowledge of operational systems and practices typically obtained through extensive work experience or education
• Requires a minimum of 7 years of experience. May require vocational or technical education