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 34 Quality Engineering Manager job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 1029 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 | 79.88% |
| Master's Degree | 24.78% |
| Doctoral Degree | 2.24% |
| Other | 2.14% |
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 | 5.45% |
| 3 to 5 years | 40.86% |
| 6 to 8 years | 30.74% |
| 9+ years | 22.96% |
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 (57.05%)
- Leadership (52.09%)
- Communication (44.41%)
- Quality Assurance (39.46%)
- Problem Solving (33.14%)
- Planning (27.31%)
- Safety Assurance (26.14%)
- Operations (24.2%)
- Innovation (21.09%)
- Mentorship (18.76%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- JIRA (19.21%)
- Test Automation (30.3%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (35.64%)
- Computer Science (23.17%)
- Automation (30.59%)
- Auditing (28.42%)
- Engineering Management (66.34%)
- Quality Management (31.29%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) (8.22%)
- Test Tools (7.33%)
- Sprint Retrospectives (7.43%)
- Medical Devices (9.7%)
- Statistical Analysis (6.73%)
- Data Maintenance (6.83%)
- Workflow Management (10.99%)
- qTest (7.23%)
- Agile Methodology (27.82%)
- Supply Chain (6.34%)
- Azure DevOps (7.82%)
- Eight Disciplines Problem Solving (8D) (6.24%)
- Data Analysis (16.53%)
- Acceptance Testing (14.65%)
- Six Sigma Methodology (10.89%)
- Quality Management Systems (28.71%)
- Supplier Quality Management (8.12%)
- Electrical Engineering (9.21%)
- ISO 9000 Series (15.05%)
- Code Coverage (4.16%)
- Data Management (8.61%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (9.31%)
- Risk Management (9.9%)
- Functional Testing (8.71%)
- Manufacturing Processes (8.81%)
- Functional Requirement (8.02%)
- Peer Review (7.33%)
- Scalability (5.15%)
- Apache JMeter (13.47%)
- Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards (8.22%)
- Internal Auditing (4.75%)
- Java (Programming Language) (12.48%)
- Quality Improvement (8.71%)
- Management Information Systems (9.9%)
- Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) (14.85%)
- Continuous Integration (8.71%)
- Software Quality (SQA/SQC) (15.64%)
- Selenium (Software) (12.97%)
- Testability (8.22%)
- Requirements Traceability (7.52%)
- Test Planning (20.3%)
- Computer Engineering (11.29%)
- External Auditing (3.96%)
- DevOps (12.48%)
- Test Management (10.3%)
- System Testing (11.19%)
- Product Quality (QA/QC) (17.62%)
- CI/CD (14.75%)
- Jenkins (6.63%)
- Python (Programming Language) (12.48%)
- ISO 13485 Standard (8.42%)
- Project Management (17.62%)
- Lean Manufacturing (12.77%)
- Kanban Principles (6.34%)
- New Product Development (19.9%)
- Statistical Process Controls (10.59%)
- Robot Framework (7.13%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (14.65%)
- Test Data (16.24%)
- Software Engineering (5.94%)
- Solution Architecture (7.82%)
- Process Improvement (18.02%)
- Root Cause Analysis (21.09%)
- User Story (8.12%)
- Scripting (6.53%)
- Platform Design And Development (7.13%)
- Project Status Reports (7.03%)
- Performance Testing (12.08%)
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 (66.12%)
- Test Automation (72%)
- Computer Science (55.06%)
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
- Engineering Manager (General)
- Quality Assurance Manager
- Quality Assurance Supervisor
- Quality Manager (General)
- Director of Quality Assurance
- Product Quality Engineer
- Manufacturing Quality Manager
- Software QA Engineer / Tester
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)
- Wolters Kluwer (69)
- Accenture (65)
- Lockheed Martin (52)
- Meta (35)
- Actalent (33)
- Medtronic (23)
- Apple (18)
- Boeing (15)
- HNI (9)
North Carolina
- HNI (9)
- Accenture (6)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (4)
- Wells Fargo (2)
- Pfizer (1)
- Safeguard Medical (1)
- Carrier Corporation (1)
- GlaxoSmithKline (1)
- Technimark (1)
- Allscripts Healthcare (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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