Quality Engineer

Remote

💥 Engineering

Quality Engineers are typically employed at companies and organizations that develop physical or digital products. They’re involved with the process of product design and development, creating protocols for production teams to follow that result in high-quality products. The role of a Quality Engineer is to implement effective quality controls, teach production staff how to use them and supervise outcomes. Quality Engineers design automated testing systems and quality control workflows to improve the efficiency of the quality assurance process. They collect data about instances of product errors and investigate possible solutions by troubleshooting the manufacturing or design process.

What does a Quality Engineer do?

A Quality Engineer, or QA Engineer, is responsible for determining production standards for a company’s products by establishing quality control systems and setting product requirement rules. Their duties include identifying the specifications for an ideal product, determining an appropriate level of variation and monitoring quality assurance rates.

Responsibilities

A Quality Engineer should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Quality Engineer should be able to execute:

Determining quality improvement factors
Implementing methods to inspect, test and evaluate the reliability of manufacturing processes, products and production equipment
Making sure processes adhere to quality standards
Preparing reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing data
Working in accordance with deadlines for delivery of products or software

Required Skills

A competitive Quality Engineer will have certain skills and qualifications, including:

Strong knowledge of relevant software, quality assurance methods, tools and quality manufacturing processes
Math skills
Attention to detail
Analysis, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Ability to handle stress

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