Quality Systems Engineer
Nidec · Illinois
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 8 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Nidec (industrial) in Illinois. Supervises a variety of positions in support of quality management initiatives for OEDC , Positions may include but are not limited to Warranty, Quality Techs, Quality Lab Technicians, Quality Engineers, Metrology Tech, APQP/PPAP Coordinator, Quality.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- FMEA, PPAP, APQP, IATF 16949
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Illinois: typical posted base $98k–$146k.
Median of the low and high ends of 36 live postings that list pay, out of 48 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 47 other live quality postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 4+)
Typical $96k–$132k, from 31 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 48%
- Root cause 46%
- Supplier quality 44%
- ✓ Team leadership 38%
- SPC 33%
- FDA / GMP 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Nidec
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 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
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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.
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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
Objective
Under the direction of the Quality Systems Engineer, assures quality products and processes by establishing and enforcing quality standards, and testing of products.
Essential
Responsibilities
- ◆Establishes quality and reliability standards by studying product and consumer
requirements
with other members of management and with production operators, technicians and engineers.
- ✓Established in Process Product Inspection Standards by studying manufacturing methods.
- ✓Ensure that testing procedures are accurate to customer standards.
- ✓Establishes standards for the disposition of finished product by devising evaluation tests, methods, and procedures.
- ✓Establish rework standards by devising RFMEA.
- ✓Establishes Product Quality Documentation System by writing and updating quality assurance procedures.
- ✓Prepares product and process quality reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
- ✓Supervises a variety of positions in support of quality management initiatives for OEDC , Positions may include but are not limited to Warranty, Quality Techs, Quality Lab Technicians, Quality Engineers, Metrology Tech, APQP/PPAP Coordinator, Quality Coordinator/Administrator.
- ✓Maintain quality assurance staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring and appraising job results.
- ✓Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies. .
- ✓Achieves financial objectives by preparing the quality assurance budget; scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions.
- ✓Supports / Implements the ISO14001 Environmental Policy as it pertains to work activities.
Experience
- ✓5+ years of experience in Quality
- ✓2+ years of supervisory experience
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Certifications: N/A
responsibilities
are essential job functions and
requirements
and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee will possess the skills, aptitudes, competencies and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some
requirements
may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The
requirements
listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities.
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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Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- •Strong working knowledge of IATF 16949
- •Proficient PC Skills: Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- •Strong written and verbal communication
- •High attention to detail and documentation
Scope of Supervision: N/A
Travel Required: Choose an item.
Physical Demand (Special Considerations): While performing the duties of this job, the employee is consistently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk, kneel/squat and bend. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.
Keywords: Quality, IATF 16949, Reliability, Automotive Electronics, APQP, PPAP
This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
This position description has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of essential job duties. All duties and
