Electronics Quality Manufacturing Engineer

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Job Summary

A critical technical Electronics Quality Manufacturing Engineer on the Automation Quality team responsible for electronics drives and component quality, reliability, cost reduction and warranty mitigation. This is a critical role to support new product development and qualification supporting global electronic product engineering development. This position also provides quality direction and support to procurement to help select, qualify, and develop electronic suppliers to manufacture and test electronic drives and parts. The role also provides technical quality and manufacturing engineering direction to the Princeton, Indiana Quality & Technician teams as needed to support Roboteq production quality and testing processes to meet customer demand processes.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide production line technician support to comply with product specifications, quality, and customer schedules.
• Provide quality engineering direction to electronics drive and component design and project engineers in multiple locations developing and testing new products.
• Qualify and develop electronic contract manufacturers and other electronic component suppliers to have robust quality process to manufacture, assemble and test products.
• Provide technical directions to Electronics Quality Supervisor and Technicians, Advanced Quality Engineers, Supplier Quality Engineers, and other Quality resources.
• Support continuous quality improvement activities to pursue zero defects including electronics supplier dashboards and scorecards.
• Drive introduction of new models and changes with Electronic Supplier APQP and Supplier PPAP process to prevent issues
• Coordinate corrective and preventive action activities and quality metrics Implement, improve, and maintain document electronic quality processes.
• Electronics Manufacturing Engineer develops and improves product designs for manufacturability, improves production processes, and creates all required documentation and test equipment for CM’s & Nidec Technician team to manufacture goods correctly.
• Optimize production builds, review products for Design for Manufacturing.
• Transfer designs to ARAS and ECM’s ensuring BOM’s, Drawings, and all documentation.
• Identify new and alternate components for shortages and cost reductions.
• Maintain Alternate Vendor List (AVL)
• Manage ECN process for RoboteQ products, manage design changes.
• Update drawings or make changes to mechanical parts as required.
• Develop and specify production and machine requirements.
• Develop and test effective automated and manual systems.
• Design, install and qualify equipment, tooling, and fixtures.
• Organize and manage manufacturing workflows and resources.
• Integrate disparate systems (e.g., equipment handling, transport

Qualifications:

• Minimum age requirement 18+
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical/mechanical engineering, or a related field
• Minimum 1-2 years of electronics quality or electronics manufacturing engineering experience.
• Prior experience desired with IPC (or similar quality system) certification.
• Preferred ability to analyze and interpret data utilizing Statistical Process Control and Six-Sigma

tools and methodologies.

• Teamworking skills.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs; MS word, Excel, PowerPoint

Ability to always remain professional and courteous with customers

Additional Job Details

Technical – T3 Organizational Impact • Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with direct and indirect impact on departmental or job family results, using practical technical principles • Intermediate-level technical contributor; generally works independently under moderate supervision and may seek advice of more senior employees in the same area • Failure to achieve results requires allocation of additional resources to meet goals and impacts project completion with the potential for additional financial expense. • Works on smaller, less complex projects/assignments Communication & Influence • Communicates with employees typically within the department and/or job family, explaining and interpreting matters related to the department; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area • May influence employees within own job area at an operational level Innovation & Complexity • Responsible for making minor improvements to technical/business processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team • Problems faced may be difficult but are not complex, requiring application of technical skills/analysis drawing from prior experiences, and typically involve consideration of multiple issues and impact job family and/or multiple teams Leadership & Talent Management • May provide guidance, help with training and review work of entry-level employees • May lead parts of less complex projects or processes Knowledge & Experience • Requires understanding of basic context and practical knowledge of technical and business environment as well as potential and upcoming technical advances within area of specialization, typically obtained through advanced education and relevant experience • Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative 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.