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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

M-AQP Engineer

Quality EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeKanoya, Kagoshima, JapanNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Communicate proactively with stakeholders, including suppliers, internal departments, and customers.
  • Communicate in English for required interactions with overseas teams; the stated English level is beginner business proficiency.
  • Work independently and collaboratively with stakeholders.
  • Use Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SAP.
  • Have fluent Japanese proficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the launch of the MT ferrule process, then transfer to the MQA team after mass production begins to improve manufacturing quality and reduce defect rates.
  • Collaborate with the ME team to establish process controls, including process inspection plans and control plans.
  • Improve the quality system and conduct defect-rate reduction activities after the transition to mass production.
  • Coordinate with overseas shipping destinations and manufacturing departments to handle abnormal process items and determine countermeasures.
  • Respond to disposition needs for defective inventory held by customers and logistics warehouses.
  • Verify returned defect samples and investigate their failure modes.
  • Prepare 8D reports for shipping destinations and explain them when needed.
  • Lead related departments in improving product quality, business-process quality, and the quality system, including preventing recurrence and preventing problems before they occur.
  • Contribute to manufacturing-quality improvements and customer satisfaction, including responding to shipping destinations such as the United States and Taiwan.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of quality control and quality assurance work.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing and design of mechanical and electrical products.
  • Knowledge of maintaining, managing, and improving IATF 16949 quality management systems.
  • Ability to operate measurement and analysis equipment.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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