Job Description
Nidec Aerospace is seeking a qualified technical Quality Manager who’s responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Quality Department, ensuring that products, processes, and systems meet established quality standards and regulatory requirements. This role provides leadership to quality engineers, technicians, and inspectors, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and ensures compliance with internal and external audits. The Quality Manager acts as a key liaison between production, engineering, suppliers, and customers to resolve quality issues and improve overall product reliability.
The individual is responsible for
Quality Operations Management
Supervise and coordinate the activities of Operations Quality Department, including engineers, auditors and technicians across all shifts.
Ensure all incoming, in-process, and final inspections follow established procedures.
Oversee the handling, documentation, and disposition of nonconforming materials.
Maintain accuracy and integrity of quality records, reports, and documentation. Compliance & Standards.
Compliance & Standards
Ensure compliance with AS9100, AS9120 standards, internal QMS procedures, and customer requirements.
Lead internal audits and support external audits from customers, certification bodies, and regulatory authorities.
Ensure al l calibration, testing equipment, and quality tools are maintained according to standards.
Continuous Improvement
Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) processes.
Implement lean methodologies, Six Sigma tools, and other improvement initiatives.
Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain to improve processes and reduce defects.
Leadership & Team Development
Train, coach, and mentor quality personnel to ensure strong technical and problem-solving capabilities.
Conduct performance evaluations, provide feedback, and support career development.
Manage staffing levels across shifts to ensure adequate quality coverage.
Customer & Supplier Interface
Serve as point of contact for customer quality concerns, complaints, and audits.
Support supplier quality activities, including incoming inspections, SCARs (Supplier Corrective Action Requests), and performance monitoring.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on new product introductions, change control, and validation.
Technical Attributes and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related field.
Experience: + 5 years in supplier quality or quality engineering within a manufacturing environment Preferred in Aerospace or propulsion systems industry.
3+ years managerial experience.
Effective planning, leadership, and time management.
Ability to resolve escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments.
Proficiency in Quality tools such as 8D, Six Sigma, SPC, Control Plan, FMEA. Understanding manufacturing processes, mechanical system and assembly operations.
General knowledge for the use of GD&T to verify that parts meet the specified tolerances using tools such as CMMs, Calipers and micrometers, Optical comparators, and a clear criterion for pass/fail decisions defined on design documents.
Willingness and documentation to travel domestically and internationally, sometimes on short notice (American visa and Passport)
Spanish and English proficient.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
PREFERRED
Full understanding and training evidence for AS9145 APQP-PPAP.
Familiarity with QMS standards. AS9100, AS9120,
Additional Job Details
Management – M3
Organizational Impact
Establishes tactical and operational plans with major impact on immediate or short-term results (e.g., less than 1 year) towards and significantly influences the achievement of results of the department and/or job family
Develops new products, processes, standards or operational plans in support of the job family group and/or department strategy
Responsible for revenue and/or expenditures in a specific area or for the team. Additional oversight and review provided by next level of people leadership
Communication & Influence
Communicates with parties within and outside of own job family or department, which may include external clients or partners depending upon the family/department
Requires ability to influence others to accept the department’s or job family group’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
May require ability to communicate with senior leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the department
Innovation & Complexity
Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems, or products to enhance performance of department and/or job family
Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation to understand the problem
Problems are difficult and moderately complex. Problems typically impact multiple teams. Problems are typically solved by drawing from deep prior experience and analysis of issues
Leadership & Talent Management
Manages a large team typically comprising experienced professionals
Responsible for creating workforce and staffing plans for area of responsibility to ensure availability of talent necessary to accomplish departmental business results
Typically has hiring, firing, promotion, and reward authority within own area, in accordance with corporate guidelines
Knowledge & Experience
Requires broad management knowledge to lead project teams in the department
Typically has deep-level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the job family group/business unit
Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional certification and 7 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
- Day Shift (Mexico)
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.
