Quality Engineering Manager
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Quality Engineering Manager interfaces with customers, suppliers, and various company departments to resolve quality problems and develop strategic quality improvement activities. Responsible for building strong relationships with the global customer quality organizations to ensure customer support and product performance through continuous improvement.
Job Outlook
There were 38 Quality Engineering Manager job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 1053 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Engineering Manager industry, which includes the Quality Engineering Manager career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:
Salary
Many new Quality Engineering Manager 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 $159,550.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $159,550.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Quality Engineering Manager postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $138,619.
Education and Experience
Posted Quality Engineering Manager 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 | 80.15% |
| Master's Degree | 23.93% |
| Doctoral Degree | 2.18% |
| Other | 2.18% |
Posted Quality Engineering Manager 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 | 5.88% |
| 3 to 5 years | 40.75% |
| 6 to 8 years | 30.38% |
| 9+ years | 23% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Quality Engineering Manager 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.
- Management (57.08%)
- Leadership (50.52%)
- Communication (43.11%)
- Quality Assurance (38.65%)
- Problem Solving (31.91%)
- Planning (27.73%)
- Safety Assurance (26.31%)
- Operations (23.46%)
- Innovation (20.61%)
- Research (17.95%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Agile Methodology (27.69%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (34.85%)
- Auditing (29.14%)
- Automation (30.69%)
- Test Automation (30.88%)
- Engineering Management (65.83%)
- Computer Science (23.23%)
- DevOps (12.39%)
- Test Planning (21.59%)
- Quality Management (31.95%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Workflow Management (10.75%)
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) (8.52%)
- Statistical Analysis (7.36%)
- Test Tools (7.55%)
- Sprint Retrospectives (7.07%)
- Management Information Systems (10.55%)
- Supply Chain (6.2%)
- Six Sigma Methodology (10.84%)
- Electrical Engineering (9.1%)
- Java (Programming Language) (12.97%)
- Quality Management Systems (28.27%)
- Quality Improvement (8.81%)
- Medical Devices (9.87%)
- Azure DevOps (7.74%)
- JavaScript (Programming Language) (4.45%)
- Peer Review (7.16%)
- Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) (14.71%)
- Software Development (4.16%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (5.23%)
- Software Testing (4.16%)
- ISO 9000 Series (14.62%)
- Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards (8.13%)
- JIRA (18.88%)
- Python (Programming Language) (12.2%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (9.58%)
- Performance Appraisal (3.39%)
- Data Management (8.42%)
- External Auditing (3.58%)
- Functional Testing (8.42%)
- Product Management (5.42%)
- Supplier Quality Management (7.65%)
- ISO 13485 Standard (8.52%)
- Acceptance Testing (14.33%)
- Data Analysis (16.36%)
- Functional Requirement (7.84%)
- Regression Testing (6.39%)
- Risk Management (9.68%)
- Internal Auditing (4.55%)
- Selenium (Software) (12.88%)
- Mechanical Engineering (5.23%)
- Scalability (5.23%)
- Computer Engineering (11.81%)
- Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (4.55%)
- Software Engineering (5.81%)
- Test Strategy (5.03%)
- Lean Manufacturing (13.07%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (14.23%)
- Apache JMeter (13.26%)
- Project Management (17.81%)
- Manufacturing Processes (8.62%)
- User Story (8.03%)
- Software Quality (SQA/SQC) (14.81%)
- New Product Development (19.55%)
- Solution Architecture (7.65%)
- Process Improvement (18.3%)
- Root Cause Analysis (20.91%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (5.91%)
- Risk Analysis (4.94%)
- CI/CD (13.84%)
- Performance Testing (12%)
- Sampling (Statistics) (1.94%)
- Product Quality (QA/QC) (16.65%)
- Test Management (9.97%)
- Jenkins (6.39%)
- Statistical Process Controls (10.65%)
- Test Data (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.
- Agile Methodology (65.9%)
- Test Automation (73.5%)
- Computer Science (55.3%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Quality Engineering Manager skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Quality Engineer
- SAP Functional Analyst
- Software Quality Engineering Manager
- Quality Manager
- Engineering Lead
- Program Quality Engineer
- Engineering Program Manager
- Engineering Manager
- Quality Assurance Engineering Manager
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.
- Process Quality Engineer
- Software QA Engineer / Tester
- Quality Assurance Supervisor
- Quality Assurance Manager
- Product Quality Engineer
- Director of Quality Assurance
- Quality Manager (General)
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Quality Engineering Manager jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (79)
- Accenture (70)
- Wolters Kluwer (69)
- Lockheed Martin (53)
- Meta (41)
- Actalent (34)
- Medtronic (25)
- Boeing (16)
- Apple (10)
- HNI (9)
North Carolina
- HNI (9)
- Accenture (6)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (4)
- Jabil (3)
- Wells Fargo (2)
- Paumac Tubing (2)
- Pfizer (1)
- Safeguard Medical (1)
- Carrier Corporation (1)
- GlaxoSmithKline (1)
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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