Quality Assurance Team Leader

Nidec Motor Corporation; Lexington (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nidec Motor Corporation in the United States is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Assurance Team Lead to safeguard product quality and oversee QA processes. You will lead the QA team, implement robust test scripts, and drive corrective actions to guarantee reliability, usability, and performance across products and services.

The ideal candidate brings strong QA methodology knowledge, data analysis skills, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Team Lead or similar role.
• Thorough knowledge of QA methodologies and industry standards.
• Excellent numerical skills and data analysis abilities.
• Strong communication and attention to detail.
• High school diploma; ISO 9000 certification considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor QA team members.
• Design and monitor test scripts for functionality, reliability, performance and quality.
• Identify and remedy defects in production processes.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions to meet QA standards.
• Collect and analyze quality data to drive improvements.
• Conduct audits and prepare audit findings with corrective actions.
• Review customer complaints and implement improvements.
• Ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Sales and Materials teams to refine system requirements.
• Maintain and improve QA metrics, processes, and tooling.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Team leadership

Data analysis

Communication

Attention to detail

Statistics

Education

High school diploma

ISO 9000 Certification (advantage)

Tools

MS Office

Databases

Job description

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

We are seeking a detail-oriented Quality Assurance Team Lead to ensure the standard of our products and services.
The QA Team Lead responsibilities include developing effective strategies to enhance product quality, overseeing the QA team, and managing system checks.
Our ideal candidate is well-versed with the quality assurance processes and has a strong understanding of industry standards and best practices.
The role of the QA Team Lead is to maintain high-quality standards in every aspect of the company and ensure that all operations run smoothly and within the guidelines.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Quality Assurance Team Lead/s are responsible for ensuring that products and services meet the established standards of quality including reliability, usability and performance.

They play a crucial role in business by ensuring that products meet certain thresholds of acceptability.

• Lead and mentor QA team members
• Implement and monitor test scripts to assess functionality, reliability, performance, and quality of the service or product.
• Identify and remedy defects within the production process.
• Recommend, implement, and monitor preventative and corrective actions to ensure that quality assurance standards are achieved.
• Compile and analyze statistical quality data.
• Conduct audits, create audits finding reports and determine proper corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyze customers' complaints and make necessary adjustments or improvements
• Comply with all applicable standards and regulations.
• Liaising with internal teams (e.g. Production, engineering, sales, materials, sales, etc) to identify system requirements
• Ensuring standards and guidelines are followed and best practices are maintained
• Overseeing all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met

Additional Job Details

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Team Lead or relevant role.
• Thorough knowledge of methodologies of quality assurance and standards.
• Excellent numerical skills and understanding of data analysis/statistical methods.
• Good knowledge of MS Office and databases.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Great attention to detail and a result driven approach.
• Highschool diploma and experience in Quality Assurance relevant role.
• Certification of quality control is a strong advantage (ISO 9000 etc.).

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affinitive Action at Nidec

Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affinitive Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

Work Shift Schedule

First Shift (United States of America)

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.