APU Quality Technician

Valeo; Reno, Northern (NV, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo is seeking an APU Quality Technician in Reno, NV to uphold quality standards on the production line. You will support audits, monitor defects, and aid in corrective actions with the Quality team.

Responsibilities include conducting process checks, training operators in sorting and quality procedures, and ensuring proper documentation of scrap and defect data for timely customer deliveries.

Qualifications

• Experience assisting in manufacturing quality control environments.
• Ability to read gauges, calipers, and other measurement tools.
• Familiarity with QRQC and root-c cause analysis recommended.

Responsibilities

• Perform process audits and ensure compliance with 5S and quality standards.
• Monitor scrap and defects; assist containment and corrective actions.
• Support Quality Engineer with documentation and data entry in scrap reports.
• Coordinate sorting activities and train operators on sorting procedures.

Skills

5S

Gauges & calipers

QRQC analysis

Scrap containment

Training others

Tools

Datapaq

Job description

## APU Quality TechnicianApply: Reno, NV: Full time: Posted Today: REQ2026081205Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.* **Support all safety protocols in plant*** **Responsible of all the process audits such as:****-5S.****-Respect of the product****-QRAP board****-Quality standards****- First piece article (FPA)****-All other quality related paperwork on production lines.*** **Use and understand gauges, callipers, digital indicators, feeler gauges, etc.*** **Support gauge calibration with lab (Identify those equipments that are out of calibration or prox to expire)*** **Monitor scrap and other defects during your shift & support reactivity of issues.*** **Launch and coordinate sorting activities and train others to perform a sorting. (good part / bad part)*** **Support Quality Engineer with additional activities*** **Make sure Helium mapping/Energy mapping is completed 100% at the end of the shift*** **Use boundary samples to verify if parts are OK.*** **Analysis and reactivity of scrap. Work with team leaders and supervisors to contain quality issues.*** **Populate scrap documents electronically to create a scrap report.*** **Escalate issues when needed and report accurately your findings during daily audits.*** **Stops the production in case of non-conformity detections and ensures sorting of production to eliminate all nonconform parts and secure customer deliveries*** **In case of non-conformity detections escalate the issue with Quality Technician to ensure sorting of production to eliminate all non-conform parts and secure customer deliveries.*** **Continuous control of compliance with working standards such as Quality work instructions, book of defect, etc.*** **Participate in the PSG ( Problem Solving Group) on the line.*** **Analyse BAD parts – looks for root cause by keeping all rules and steps of QRQC*** **Proceeds with operator training regarding any quality work instruction or any other quality document such as: Book of defects, Firewall inspection, EOL, etc.).*** **Report out quality results on a daily basis (passdown) with analysis of the top 3 issues during the shifts, corrective actions, customer notifications, etc.*** **Responsible for running Datapaq according to the schedule or when needed.****Job:**Production Operator**Organization:**Site Quality - J**Schedule:**Full time**Employee Status:**Regular**Job Type:**Permanent contract**Job Posting Date:**2026-09-22