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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Manufacturing Process Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeKanoya, Kagoshima, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience in MT-Ferrule development, process design, manufacturing, or quality control.
  • Experience defining specifications for, launching, or improving production equipment.
  • Practical experience with quality tools including FMEA, Control Plans, Statistical Process Control, and Measurement System Analysis.
  • Strong communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
  • Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for quality-related issues.
  • Work experience in a manufacturing company or in process engineering, production engineering, automation engineering, mechanical design engineering, or quality engineering, including experience designing fixtures, tools, production lines, or automated equipment.
  • Fluent Japanese.
  • Business-intermediate English.

Responsibilities

  • Design mass-production processes for MT-Ferrule products, including molding, post-processing, and inspection.
  • Establish manufacturing conditions with Design for Manufacturing considerations.
  • Create process flows, Control Plans, and work standards.
  • Define specifications for, select, and launch equipment required for mass production.
  • Optimize production capacity and layout, and prepare the production environment.
  • Conduct technical discussions with external vendors.
  • Establish process capability for critical-to-quality characteristics, including Cp/Cpk.
  • Build quality assurance systems and environments using Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and Measurement System Analysis, including Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility.
  • Analyze defects and prevent recurrence.
  • Drive yield, productivity, and cost of poor quality improvement activities.
  • Solve problems across processes and collaborate with global teams.
  • Work on multiple projects from product development through mass production in coordination with mold-design, automated-assembly-machine-design, product-design, and quality engineers.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience using 3D computer-aided design.
  • Knowledge of precision molding, including PPS and LCP, and micro-machining such as electrical discharge machining and polishing.
  • Experience measuring and evaluating to submicron accuracy.

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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