Quality Technician

Nidec; United States; Remote; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Nidec is seeking a Quality Technician to assist with day-to-day activities ensuring products, materials, and processes meet defined quality standards. Primary duties include inspections, measurement, documentation, and containment to support quality goals.

The role involves supporting calibration, PFMEAs, Control Plans, ITPs, and other quality-related activities within the QMS, plus continuous improvement efforts and accurate reporting.

Qualifications

• Perform quality inspections and verification activities for incoming, in-process, and completed products.
• Review and ensure customer-specific repair requirements are met.
• Support calibration and maintenance of inspection equipment.
• Assist with PFMEAs, Control Plans, and IT Plans as part of the QMS.
• Maintain quality records and documentation per company requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality inspections and verification activities for incoming, in-process, and completed products.
• Verify product conformity to specifications and customer requirements.
• Create required reports such as DCIs, COCs, and RCA.
• Support nonconformance and corrective action processes.
• Maintain calibration and testing equipment.

Skills

Quality inspections

Documentation

Root Cause Analysis

QMS

Continuous improvement

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Adobe

Tools

Forklift

Crane

Office software

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

Nidec is the world\'s No.1 comprehensive motor manufacturer handling "everything that spins and moves", miniature to gigantic. Nidec is a global enterprise comprised of over 300 subsidiaries/affiliates. We are a leading manufacturer of commercial motors, industrial motors, appliance motors, and controls. Our product line features a full line of high efficiency motors for industrial applications in water treatment, mining, oil and gas, and power generation, and for commercial applications such as pool and spa, condensers, cooling towers and large refrigeration units.

From keeping us comfortable in our homes to pumping clean water to making our cars more safe, electric motors are an indispensable part of our daily lives. At Nidec, our employees are on the forefront of developing new motor technologies. As we move deeper into the age of robotics, the impact of motors will only increase.

With over 140,000 employees stationed worldwide, Nidec continues to be a unique organization, and each location maintains its individual personality.

Whether driving locomotives, powering offshore platforms or keeping the lights on after a storm, Nidec electric power generation products impact the world on a daily basis. With over 1,000 employees in the Americas, we are moving forward with technology to solve our customers\' electrical power needs for both prime and backup generation needs as the industry\'s leading manufacturer.

Job Description

Position Objective:

The Quality Technician is responsible for assisting with day-to-day activities to ensure products, materials, and processes meet defined quality standards. Primary duties include independent inspections, measurement, documentation, and containment activities to help ensure products and processes meet defined quality standards.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Perform quality inspections and verification activities for incoming, in-process, and completed products.
• Verify product conformity to applicable specifications, drawings, procedures, and customer requirements.
• Review and ensure customer-specific repair requirements are met.
• Create customer required reports such as disassembly, clean, and inspect (DCI), certificates of compliance (COC), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Support the nonconformance and corrective action process through identification, documentation, tracking, and follow-up activities.
• Support the control and maintenance of calibrated inspection, test, and measuring equipment.
• Maintain quality records and documentation in accordance with company requirements
• Assist the Quality Manager with warranty evaluations, audits, PFMEAs, Control Plans, Inspection Test Plans (ITPs), and other quality-related activities.
• Support implementation and maintenance of the Quality Management System (QMS) and associated quality processes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving product quality, process effectiveness, and customer satisfaction.
• Communicate quality concerns and assist with resolution of quality-related issues.
• Maintain required qualifications, certifications, and training necessary to perform assigned duties.
• Operate company equipment (i.e.: Forklift, Crane, hand tools etc.) in a safe and efficient manner in the performance of all duties as required.
• Comply with all company policies / procedures and perform all job functions in an ethical manner.
• Responsible for maintaining clean and orderly work area free of hazards.
• Complete all required safety training.
• Performs all applicable duties in accordance with our Quality Management System (QMS), as required
• Perform other skilled or non-skilled duties as directed by supervisor.

Experience/Skills:

• Be available for and successfully complete all required training
• Must be willing work evenings and/or weekends, if required
• Be able to operate motor vehicles in compliance with all state and federal requirements, if travel required
• Possess valid identification
• Travel between Texas and Louisiana locations, if required
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Strong computer skills, especially with Microsoft office products and Adobe.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and writt