Quality Engineer

Jtekt Na; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

JTEKT North America in Vonore, TN is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure part quality, support root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions across production, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.

You will support new launches, conduct audits, analyze quality data, and help maintain quality, health, safety, and environmental systems while traveling to customers and facilities as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math, Physics, or related field.
• 5+ years quality/engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• ASQ and/or Six Sigma Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain product quality within the production process.
• Be the voice of the customer to JTEKT departments.
• Analyze root causes and verify corrective actions for nonconformances.
• Develop and conduct audits on systems or products.
• Support launch activities for new or revised products.
• Contribute to quality, health, safety, and environmental maintenance.
• Travel to customers, suppliers, and other JTEKT facilities as required.
• Work daily overtime or weekends as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Statistical analysis

Root-cause analysis

Audits

Quality systems familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math, Physics or related field

5+ years quality/engineering experience in manufacturing

ASQ or Six Sigma certification preferred

Tools

Micrometers

Calipers

Job description

Posted Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 4:00 AM

About the Job – Quality Engineer

JTEKT North America is a global leader in engineering and manufacturing automotive systems, bearing solutions, and high‑performance machine tools. Our Vonore, Tennessee location is seeking a driven Quality Engineer ready to ensure product excellence, strengthen customer satisfaction, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. In this role, you will act as the voice of the customer, support root‑cause analysis, drive corrective actions, and collaborate closely with production, suppliers, and cross‑functional teams. You’ll support new launches, conduct audits, analyze quality data, and help maintain strong quality, health, safety, and environmental systems.

Summary/Purpose

Ensure part quality by addressing end user, customer, internal, or supplier concerns

Essential Duties and Accountabilities:

• Support activities maintaining the quality of the products within the production process
• Act as the voice of the customer to JTEKT departments
• Analyze for root cause and verify corrective action effectiveness for internal and external nonconformances
• Develop and conduct audits on systems or products
• Support launch activities for new or revised products
• Contribute to quality, health, safety, and environmental maintenance
• Support other JTEKT facilities and travel as required
• Work daily overtime and Saturdays and/or Sundays when directed by immediate supervisor or, as necessary, to complete essential job duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with customers, suppliers, and all levels of the JTEKT organization
• Self‑motivated and able to work without close supervision
• Strong statistical and analytical skills
• Experience in tight tolerance machining and assembly manufacturing
• Experience in using simple gages (micrometers, calipers, etc.)
• Ability to travel, as required, to customers, suppliers, and to provide quality support to all JTEKT facilities
• Basic knowledge of applicable quality, health, safety, and environmental management systems

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math, Physics, or other related fields of study
• 5+ years of quality and/or engineering related experience in a manufacturing environment
• ASQ and/or Six Sigma Certification is preferred

*The above may be waived by the department Manager and the Human Resources Manager if the candidate is otherwise qualified.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

• Sit with intermittent walking
• Manual dexterity for such duties as stapling, collating, sorting, filing, typing, and writing
• Communicate (hearing and speech) with individuals in person, by phone, or through VOIP
• Visually read reports, computer screen, etc.
• Maintain a minimum of 8 hours worked/day, 5 days/week

Employee may perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.