Design Quality Engineer (ASPICE)
Nidec · Illinois
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $81k–$84k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Nidec (industrial) in Illinois. Phase; enhance design quality organization and systems to meet IATF and VD automotive industry.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, IATF 16949, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Internal audits
- Base pay
- $81k–$84k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Illinois: typical posted base $98k–$132k. This one lists $81k–$84k.
Median of the low and high ends of 41 live postings that list pay, out of 53 quality engineer openings in Illinois, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Illinois plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 52 other live quality postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- About 25% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $98k–$123k, from 35 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 49%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 47%
- Supplier quality 45%
- Team leadership 36%
- SPC 34%
- FMEA 32%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Internal audits, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
Pulled from the posting text. If it's not listed here, the posting didn't say.
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?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 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.
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Job Summary
Job Description
Duties: Utilizing Automotive Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (ASPICE)
methodology to ensure product development quality for our automotive electromechanical
componentry and sensor products; conduct design verification
requirements
processes; drive
automotive connectivity and sensor advancements; apply design controls in the product development
phase; enhance design quality organization and systems to meet IATF and VD automotive industry
standards; maintain and enhance our quality management systems; establish a KPI management portal
to keep track of engineering trends, create reports, and conduct trend analysis; organize and perform
regular internal audits; assist in customer audit preparation; conduct design reviews and review project
design plans, risk management plans, design verification and validation protocols, and reports; perform
requirements
flow down analyses; and train colleagues on quality policies and procedures, including
verification, validation, statistical methods, and design controls.
Job Site: 3709 Ohio Avenue, St. Charles, IL 60174. Salary: $81,411 to $83,586/year. Requires Bachelor’s
degree or foreign degree equivalent in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical
Engineering or a related field. Requires two years of experience in the job offered or in design
engineering. Requires Experience with: Conducting Gap Assessments of technical and operational
compliance requirements; Integrating and testing electromechanical components; Defining and
documenting electromechanical technical processes; Validating engineering data; and Troubleshooting
system failures using RCA. Must live in Illinois. Benefits: Insurance, HSA, 401(k), and PTO.
Any Applicant who is interested in this position may apply online here or to HR, 3709 Ohio Avenue, St.
Charles, IL 60174
NOTE : This position Is Not open to external sourcing (Recruiting agencies)
Additional Job Details
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.
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