Quality Engineer - VON

Jtekt-North-America-; Vonore (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

JTEKT North America in Vonore, Tennessee is seeking a Quality Engineer to safeguard part quality and drive continuous improvement. You will act as the voice of the customer, perform root-cause analysis, and implement 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. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Experience in quality within manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Support activities maintaining product quality in production processes.
• Act as voice of the customer to JTEKT departments.
• Analyze for root cause and verify effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Develop and conduct audits on systems or products.
• Support launches for new or revised products.
• Contribute to quality, health, safety, and environmental maintenance.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Gage usage

Travel flexibility

Quality systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, Physics, or related field

Job description

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 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 weekends as required 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 using gages such as micrometers and calipers.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Basic knowledge of applicable quality, health, safety, and environmental management systems.

Education and Experience

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

Work Environment / Physical Demands

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