Quality Engineer Job Description Template

Quality Engineer

[Intro Paragraph] The introduction of the quality engineer job description should provide an overview of your company. It is an opportunity to give potential candidates a window into your organization’s vision, mission, goals, and values. Also include a brief description of what products you manufacture, the customers you serve, and what problems your product solves.

The best candidates are attracted to top employers and well-respected brands. In a recent survey, 91 percent of all candidates said they evaluate a company’s employer brand before applying to a job. If you want your quality engineer job to stand out from competing jobs, be sure to infuse your brand’s personality into the intro paragraph. Include information like company values, culture, employee engagement, and philosophy. This is also where you’ll want to highlight your competitive advantage by sharing satisfaction ratings, community involvement, and philanthropy.

Quality Engineer Job Responsibilities

• Determines quality improvement parameters by identifying statistical methods relevant to manufacturing processes.
• Establishes statistical confidence by identifying sample size and acceptable error, and determining levels of confidence.
• Develops experiments by applying full and fractional factorial techniques.
• Develops sampling plans by applying attribute, variable, and sequential sampling methods.
• Maintains statistical process controls by applying demerit/unit, zone charting, x2 charts for distributions and individual-medial/range for multistream processes.
• Analyzes data by completing hypothesis, normal distribution, and process capability analysis tests.
• Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data; and making recommendations.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, participating in professional societies, and maintaining ASQ-certified quality engineer qualification.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Ensures products adhere to company and industry quality standards.
• Brainstorms ideas to create solutions for identified problems.

[Work Hours & Benefits]

Quality engineers typically work a standard 9-5, 40-hour work per week. However, some manufacturers run 24-hour productions or require that quality engineers step in at special intervals during the process. If this is the case in your business, it’s best that the quality engineer job description includes any requirements that fall outside of what these professionals may expect. Transparency early in the recruitment stage will ensure that only candidates willing to work evenings, weekends, or holidays apply.

Benefits and salaries for quality engineers vary based on geographic region of the operation, as well as years of experience. Quality engineers in the technology, health care, and manufacturing industries tend to earn higher salaries and enjoy a wider variety of perks. Expect to offer traditional benefits like participation in group health insurance and 401(k) plans. Make your company more appealing to top talent by offering the following benefits as part of the overall compensation package:

• Signing bonuses
• Education reimbursement
• Productivity and quality bonuses (quarterly, bi-annually, or annually)

Quality Engineer Skills and Qualifications:

Quality engineers assist in the planning, development, implementation, communication and maintenance of a company’s quality management systems, polices, documentation, data, and customer- specific requirements. In most cases, they report the quality manager, manufacturing director, or other leadership, depending on the size of the company. Use this section of the job description to list both tangible skills and soft skills like good written and verbal communication, leadership, analytic, and problem-solving skills. A list of standard qualifications and skills for the role may include the following:

• Development of inspection and work instructions
• Part inspection, including: layout, in process, final, and receiving using all types of mechanical inspection
• Preparation of inspection reports
• Coordination and performance of internal process/product audits
• Performance process capability studies
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management, both internal and external
• Capacity to work independently from general supervision (must be self-motivated once given direction/guidance)
• Excellent organization skills with the ability to perform multiple tasks and obtain results working within strict time frames
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficient in MS Office software including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Ability to read and interpret assembly and component drawings and engineering specifications
• CAD Data Analysis (measurement & manipulation) (CATIA V5 preferred)
• Basic knowledge of operating measurement equipment (CMM preferred)
• Good knowledge of manufacturing processes

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent discipline or equivalent work experience
• 2-5 years in a manufacturing environment preferred (work or school)
• Root cause analysis experience preferred
• Above average math skills (sound knowledge in both statistics and calculus)
• Experience with programming and operation of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM), inspection of machine components, and performance of gage R&R studies preferred

[Call to Action] At the end of your quality engineer job description, provide a clear call to action that lists clear instructions on how to apply for the position.