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JOB ID 27745
Production Quality Engineer (APU)
- Mechanical, QC・QA
- Kanagawa, Aichi
- ¥6,000,000~¥7,500,000
This company is a global automotive technology supplier specializing in advanced sensing systems, electrification, and intelligent mobility solutions.
The company operates internationally with strong R&D capabilities and collaborates with major OEMs to develop next-generation safety and in-cabin technologies.
You will be responsible for quality improvement and quality assurance activities for automotive lighting products, including headlamps and rear lamps.
The role focuses on QRQC-based problem solving, production-process quality, customer quality support, change management, and recurrence prevention. You will work closely with manufacturing sites, quality teams, and automotive customers to identify quality risks and drive corrective and preventive actions.
This is a hands-on quality position that involves regular visits to customer sites and manufacturing facilities.
Job Description
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- Responsibilities
- Quality Problem Solving & Improvement
・Initiate and manage QRQC activities for customer complaints and internal quality issues.
・Implement containment actions and verify the effectiveness of corrective measures.
・Support plant and production managers with root-cause analysis and improvement activities.
・Drive the prevention and elimination of recurring customer and non-quality issues.
Process Quality Management
・Track quality indicators such as customer returns and cost of non-quality.
・Conduct production-line and process audits to identify deviations from standards.
・Work with manufacturing teams to implement corrective and preventive actions.
・Review and update Control Plans following quality issues or process changes.
・Verify process capability and product conformity through machine-capability checks and periodic product audits.
Change Management & Quality Assurance
・Manage product and process changes using the 4M framework: Man, Machine, Material, and Method.
・Coordinate customer notification and approval for relevant changes.
・Update quality documents following product or process modifications.
・Ensure continued compliance with customer and internal quality requirements.
Customer Quality & Risk Management
・Serve as the internal representative for customer quality requirements.
・Manage quality-related communication, reporting, and escalation with automotive customers.
・Prepare problem descriptions, corrective-action reports, and closure documentation.
・Coordinate responses to internal supplier incidents and customer complaints.
・Stop manufacturing or assembly activities when serious quality, safety, or standards-compliance risks are identified.
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- Requirements
- ・Minimum five years of practical experience in Quality Control or Quality Assurance.
・Experience working in a manufacturing environment such as automotive, automotive components, or consumer electronics.
・Hands-on experience with quality improvement and problem-solving activities.
・Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
・Native-level Japanese communication skills.
・Conversational English ability.
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- Preferred
- ・Proactive and willing to take on new quality challenges.
・Able to identify issues, ask questions, and take action independently.
・Experience with QRQC, root-cause analysis, containment, or corrective actions.
・Experience conducting production-line or manufacturing-process audits.
・Knowledge of Control Plans, process capability, or 4M change management.
・Experience handling customer complaints and quality escalations.
・Experience preparing quality reports and management documents using Excel.
・Experience preparing quality-improvement presentations using PowerPoint.
・Experience communicating quality issues to customers or internal management.
・Automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier quality experience.
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- Location
- Kanagawa, Aichi
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- Work Style
- Flex working possible
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- Salary
- ¥6,000,000~¥7,500,000
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- Attractive
Points - Overseas business trip, Foreign capital company, Make use of languages, Weekends and holidays off
- Attractive
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