Quality Manager
Nidec · Missouri
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Travel
- 25%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Certification
- Black Belt required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 18 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at Nidec (industrial) in Missouri.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required · Black Belt required
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Black Belt, Green Belt, Root cause, APQP, Minitab
- Day to day
- about 25% travel
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Missouri: typical posted base $100k–$141k.
Median of the low and high ends of 6 live postings that list pay, out of 18 quality engineer openings in Missouri, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Missouri plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 17 other live quality postings in Missouri.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $100k–$141k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Six Sigma 67%
- ✓ Root cause 56%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 50%
- CAPA 39%
- Lean 39%
- ✓ ISO 9001 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Robotics, Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Nidec
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- The posting says about 25% travel. Between which sites?
- The posting mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
Full description from NidecAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Job Summary
Nidec is the world's No.1 comprehensive motor and drive 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. Nidec motors can be found in products that range from cell phones, computers and home appliances to industrial and mining equipment – and everything in between. 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.
Job Description
A critical technical manager within the Nidec Automation Quality team responsible for motors, motor gearbox assemblies, machining, testing, measurement systems, electronics drives and component quality, reliability, cost reduction and warranty mitigation. This is a critical role to support new product development and qualification, safe launch process, product transfers, product application engineering development, sustaining quality problem solving, customer and plant operation quality process controls. This position also provides quality direction and support to procurement to help select, qualify, and develop new suppliers to manufacture and measure product materials and parts. Finally, this role is to responsibly listen and professionally respond to the voice of the external and internal customers to manage improvement projects and metrics.
Responsibilities
- ◆Manage teams and projects to implement new products without quality, warranty or safety issues
- ◆Manage New Product APQP & Safe Launch processes to proactively prevent issues
- ◆Drive and implement action plans to improve quality metrics
- ◆Manage projects to reduce Failure Costs of Quality
- ◆Interact with customers and manage teams of functional groups to assure customer satisfaction
- ◆Lead 8D problem solving meetings and implement actions to resolve customer problems
- ◆Champion the business unit Six Sigma process to implement cultural change
- ◆Lead quality projects to implement measurement equipment and quality systems
- ◆Develop presentations and lead quality communications
- ◆Implement Quality Management System to assure compliance to ISO and Nidec Way
- ◆Travel to Nidec sites, suppliers and customers to verify product and process controls for quality
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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.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- •Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Applied Science; Master’s in Business Administration or Analytical Applied Science
- •Minimum 5 years of quality management and manufacturing engineering experience with demonstrated capability utilizing problem solving tools to solve customer problems
- •Prior experience leading ISO9001 or equivalent certified Quality Management Systems with ISO 9001 lead auditor and AIAG core tools training
- •Candidate must possess a solid project management background with a proven track record of completing projects using strong 8D problem solving tools
- •Six Sigma Green Belt certification required or commitment to complete certification, Black Belt preferred with the ability to analyze and interpret data utilizing Minitab tools
Travel
- •Domestic and/or international travel required – typically less than 25% on average
Languages
- •Strong English verbal, written and presentation skills required
Additional Job Details
Work Shift Schedule
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.