APU Quality Technician
Valeo · Reno, NV
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Valeo (automotive) in Reno, NV. In case of non-conformity detections escalate the issue with Quality Technician to ensure sorting of production to eliminate all non-conform parts and secure customer deliveries.
- Tools it names
- 5S, Root cause
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How this role compares
Against 533 other live quality postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $64k–$90k, from 44 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 40%
- ✓ Root cause 33%
- FDA / GMP 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, New product launch, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Valeo
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Send a short, curious note
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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?
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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.
This plant: Valeo in Reno
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Full description from ValeoAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.
- •Support all safety protocols in plant
- •Responsible of all the process audits such as:
- •5S.
- •Respect of the product
- •QRAP board
- •Quality standards
- •First piece article (FPA)
- •All other quality related paperwork on production lines.
- •Use and understand gauges, callipers, digital indicators, feeler gauges, etc.
- •Support gauge calibration with lab (Identify those equipments that are out of calibration or prox to expire)
- •Monitor scrap and other defects during your shift & support reactivity of issues.
- •Launch and coordinate sorting activities and train others to perform a sorting. (good part / bad part)
- •Support Quality Engineer with additional activities
- •Make sure Helium mapping/Energy mapping is completed 100% at the end of the shift
- •Use boundary samples to verify if parts are OK.
- •Analysis and reactivity of scrap. Work with team leaders and supervisors to contain quality issues.
- •Populate scrap documents electronically to create a scrap report.
- •Escalate issues when needed and report accurately your findings during daily audits.
- •Stops the production in case of non-conformity detections and ensures sorting of production to eliminate all nonconform parts and secure customer deliveries
- •In case of non-conformity detections escalate the issue with Quality Technician to ensure sorting of production to eliminate all non-conform parts and secure customer deliveries.
- •Continuous control of compliance with working standards such as Quality work instructions, book of defect, etc.
- •Participate in the PSG ( Problem Solving Group) on the line.
- •Analyse BAD parts – looks for root cause by keeping all rules and steps of QRQC
- •Proceeds with operator training regarding any quality work instruction or any other quality document such as: Book of defects, Firewall inspection, EOL, etc.).
- •Report out quality results on a daily basis (passdown) with analysis of the top 3 issues during the shifts, corrective actions, customer notifications, etc.
- •Responsible for running Datapaq according to the schedule or when needed.
Permanent contract Job Posting Date
2026-09-22 Join Us !
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Being part of our team, you will join
- •one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- •a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- •more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- •a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com