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 109 Process Quality Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 2513 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 $97,135.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $91,090.
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 $81,418.
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 | 54.28% |
| Master's Degree | 10.23% |
| Doctoral Degree | 1.39% |
| Other | 3.06% |
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 | 20.49% |
| 3 to 5 years | 47.94% |
| 6 to 8 years | 20.76% |
| 9+ years | 10.81% |
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.
- Safety Assurance (47.63%)
- Communication (39.55%)
- Quality Assurance (29.77%)
- Problem Solving (29.05%)
- Management (21.37%)
- Leadership (17.43%)
- Writing (16.51%)
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (16.08%)
- Planning (15.64%)
- Operations (14.48%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Java (Programming Language) (25.04%)
- Agile Methodology (28.49%)
- Automation (67.34%)
- Test Automation (44.82%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (20.24%)
- Selenium (Software) (24.07%)
- Test Planning (23.02%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Workflow Management (4.5%)
- Non-Functional Testing (1.26%)
- Test Tools (7.87%)
- Gherkin (Scripting Language) (2.06%)
- Git (Version Control System) (10.86%)
- REST Assured (5.6%)
- Cucumber (Software) (13.09%)
- Amazon Web Services (9.01%)
- Six Sigma Methodology (7.87%)
- Quality Management Systems (12.16%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (10.19%)
- Auditing (17.97%)
- JavaScript (Programming Language) (13.22%)
- Selenium Webdriver (7.32%)
- Software Development (6.65%)
- Continuous Integration (7.58%)
- Behavior-Driven Development (9.43%)
- C# (Programming Language) (7.83%)
- Software Testing (7.53%)
- Systems Engineering (19.19%)
- ISO 9000 Series (8.8%)
- Microsoft Azure (4.04%)
- Code Coverage (6.06%)
- Defect Tracking (3.11%)
- Linux (4.38%)
- JIRA (12.92%)
- Python (Programming Language) (18.56%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (4.71%)
- Extract Transform Load (ETL) (2.99%)
- Software Development Life Cycle (6.14%)
- Computer Science (21.51%)
- Integration Testing (3.24%)
- Github (5.05%)
- Functional Testing (6.27%)
- Process Engineering (4.97%)
- DevOps (8.71%)
- Data Analysis (6.99%)
- Regression Testing (13.26%)
- Test Case (5.09%)
- Manual Testing (9.39%)
- Scalability (6.27%)
- Debugging (11.66%)
- Code Review (5.43%)
- Quality Management (11.62%)
- Software Engineering (3.75%)
- Test Execution Engine (5.01%)
- Test Strategy (5.89%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (15.11%)
- Apache JMeter (4.8%)
- Project Management (14.9%)
- Test Engineering (6.65%)
- TypeScript (2.53%)
- Manufacturing Processes (7.79%)
- User Story (4%)
- Software Quality (SQA/SQC) (7.41%)
- New Product Development (9.51%)
- RESTful API (6.99%)
- Programming Languages (4.92%)
- SoapUI (4.08%)
- Process Improvement (15.03%)
- Test Management Tools (3.54%)
- Root Cause Analysis (12.21%)
- Systems Development Life Cycle (5.43%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (17.8%)
- CI/CD (15.28%)
- Performance Testing (7.49%)
- TestNG (7.41%)
- Product Quality (QA/QC) (9.85%)
- API Testing (7.79%)
- Postman API Platform (8%)
- Jenkins (14.69%)
- Playwright (Software Testing) (2.36%)
- Statistical Process Controls (8.33%)
- Test Data (6.57%)
- Scripting (15.78%)
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.
- Application Programming Interface (API) (54.04%)
- Agile Methodology (76.07%)
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
- Automation Director
- SCADA Engineer
- Test Automation Engineer
- Quality Test Engineer
- Assembly 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
- Software Developer / Engineer
- Quality Assurance Supervisor
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
- The Judge Group (67)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (62)
- Marriott International (48)
- Power Engineers (43)
- Enexus Global (39)
- Relx (35)
- Actalent (30)
- Eli Lilly (30)
- Apple (28)
- Hitachi (24)
North Carolina
- HNI (12)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (10)
- Eli Lilly (5)
- The Matlen Silver Group (3)
- E Business Corp (3)
- IBM (2)
- Infosys (2)
- Flowserve (2)
- Vast Data (2)
- Royal Bank of Canada (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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