How to Become a Quality Engineer?

Are you thinking of becoming a Quality Engineer or already started your career and planning the next step? Learn how to become a Quality Engineer, what skills you need to succeed, how to advance your career and get promoted, and what levels of pay to expect at each step on your career path. Explore new Quality Engineer job openings and options for career transitions into related roles.

Quality Engineer Career Path

Quality Engineer

Alias: Associate Quality Engineer, Quality Engineer II
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2 - 4Years of Experience
€45K - €58K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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Senior Quality Engineer

Alias: Quality Engineer Supervisor, Quality Engineer III
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2 - 4Years of Experience
€62K - €74K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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Quality Engineer IV

Alias: Lead Quality Engineer
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5 - 7Years of Experience
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Salary Trajectory

Quality Engineer Career Path

New Grad Quality Engineer
Quality Engineer
Associate Manager of Quality Engineering
Senior Quality Engineer
Quality Engineer Manager
Quality Engineer IV
Senior Manager of Quality Engineering
Principal Quality Engineer
Senior Principal Quality Engineer
Associate Director of Quality Engineering
Director of Quality Engineering
Senior Director of Quality Engineering
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€22K
€44K
€66K
€110K

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Important Skill Sets for the Quality Engineer Career Path

Lean Six Sigma
Problem Solving
Written Communication
Audit

Related careers in the Engineering Industry

Interested in other Engineering careers? Below are occupations that have high affinity with Quality Engineer skills. Discover some of the most common Quality Engineer career transitions, along with skills overlap.

QA Analyst
13% skills overlap
21% transitioned to QA Analyst