Process Quality Engineer
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Process Quality Engineer evaluates production processes and performance in manufacturing. Develops engineering to improve the quality of existing production processes or develops new processes to improve quality and efficiency.
Job Outlook
There were 90 Process Quality Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 1977 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Validation Engineer industry, which includes the Process Quality Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:
Salary
Many new Process Quality Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $100,818.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $87,880.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Process Quality Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $86,103.
Education and Experience
Posted Process Quality Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 62.62% |
| Master's Degree | 10.32% |
| Doctoral Degree | 1.37% |
| Other | 4.65% |
Posted Process Quality Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 19.89% |
| 3 to 5 years | 48.72% |
| 6 to 8 years | 20.75% |
| 9+ years | 10.64% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Process Quality Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (45.47%)
- Safety Assurance (39.81%)
- Quality Assurance (35.81%)
- Problem Solving (32.17%)
- Management (24.89%)
- Operations (19.93%)
- Leadership (19.42%)
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (16.64%)
- Customer Service (15.83%)
- Writing (15.33%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Agile Methodology (28.74%)
- Test Automation (42.14%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (20.67%)
- Computer Science (25.78%)
- Automation (58.99%)
- Java (Programming Language) (22.44%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Test Tools (9.42%)
- Workflow Management (5.71%)
- REST Assured (4.31%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (17.01%)
- Gherkin (Scripting Language) (1.29%)
- JavaScript (Programming Language) (13.4%)
- Azure DevOps (3.93%)
- Cucumber (Software) (9.26%)
- Data Analysis (7.53%)
- Git (Version Control System) (11.52%)
- Six Sigma Methodology (10.98%)
- Quality Management Systems (15.61%)
- Microsoft Azure (3.12%)
- JIRA (14.59%)
- Behavior-Driven Development (7.1%)
- ISO 9000 Series (10.39%)
- Debugging (8.67%)
- Information Systems (3.39%)
- Code Coverage (6.35%)
- Linux (3.23%)
- Software Development Life Cycle (8.29%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (5.33%)
- Process Engineering (5.76%)
- Functional Testing (4.41%)
- Manual Testing (9.42%)
- Manufacturing Processes (9.9%)
- Systems Engineering (19.48%)
- Scalability (7.37%)
- Apache JMeter (8.23%)
- Amazon Web Services (7.97%)
- Business Requirements (6.19%)
- Auditing (20.29%)
- Software Development (6.57%)
- Systems Development Life Cycle (6.08%)
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (2.1%)
- C# (Programming Language) (5.71%)
- Continuous Integration (9.47%)
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) (1.83%)
- Software Quality (SQA/SQC) (7.05%)
- Selenium (Software) (21.64%)
- Business Process (7.27%)
- Testability (4.74%)
- Regression Testing (12.11%)
- Test Case (4.95%)
- Test Planning (22.87%)
- Web Applications (3.44%)
- Computer Engineering (3.34%)
- TypeScript (5.17%)
- Microsoft SharePoint (1.13%)
- DevOps (7.8%)
- Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (4.36%)
- Github (4.63%)
- CI/CD (15.29%)
- Jenkins (14.32%)
- Python (Programming Language) (18.68%)
- Playwright (Software Testing) (3.07%)
- Project Management (17.33%)
- Lean Manufacturing (7.27%)
- Scenario Testing (5.27%)
- Programmable Logic Controllers (3.82%)
- Quality Management (14.1%)
- New Product Development (8.93%)
- Statistical Process Controls (10.66%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (16.47%)
- Robotics (2.74%)
- TestNG (9.69%)
- SoapUI (3.66%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (17.65%)
- Process Improvement (19.86%)
- Appium (6.73%)
- Root Cause Analysis (15.72%)
- User Story (3.23%)
- User Interface (UI) (2.96%)
- Test Execution Engine (5.06%)
- API Testing (8.07%)
- Scripting (11.09%)
- Industry Standards (5.27%)
- Postman API Platform (9.74%)
- Performance Testing (11.14%)
- Programming Languages (7.8%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Computer Science (100%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Process Quality Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Quality Engineer
- Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
- Quality Assurance Engineer
- Automation Engineer
- SCADA Engineer
- Test Automation Engineer
- Automation Director
- Quality Test Engineer
- Supply Chain Quality Engineer
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Software QA Engineer / Tester
- Automation Engineer
- Quality Engineering Manager
- Application Developer / Engineer
- Mobile Developer / Engineer
- Systems Engineer
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Process Quality Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (64)
- The Judge Group (47)
- Evolent Health (43)
- Marriott International (39)
- Relx (33)
- Actalent (28)
- Johnson & Johnson (26)
- Power Engineers (22)
- Invenergy (22)
- Insight Global (21)
North Carolina
- HNI (12)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (7)
- Columbus Mckinnon (3)
- Computershare (3)
- Insight Global (3)
- The Matlen Silver Group (3)
- Celonis (2)
- Sharp Decisions (2)
- Royal Bank of Canada (2)
- Siemens (2)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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