Quality Careers
Quality job titles from inspector to director: what each role does, typical pay, certifications and career paths.
14 articles
- Quality Inspector: Job Description, Salary, Certification and Career Path What a quality inspector does, a typical day, who they work with, busy periods, 2025 BLS pay, the ASQ CQI certification and where the career leads.
- Quality Technician and Quality Control Technician: Role, Salary, CQT and Career Path What quality and QC technicians do in plants and labs, a typical day, busy periods, BLS pay data, the ASQ CQT certification and next career steps.
- Quality Specialist and QA Specialist: What They Do, Pay, Certifications and Career Path What QA and quality specialists do in regulated companies, a typical day, busy periods, pay data, ASQ CQIA and CQA certifications and career paths.
- Quality Engineer, Senior and Lead Quality Engineer: Role, Salary, CQE and Career Path What quality engineers do, how senior and lead roles differ, a typical day, busy periods, BLS pay and outlook, ASQ CQE and CSSBB, and next career steps.
- Manufacturing and Process Quality Engineer: Role, Skills, Salary and Certifications What manufacturing and process quality engineers do on the shop floor, a typical day, busy periods, BLS pay, CQE and Green Belt, and career path.
- Supplier Quality Engineer and Supplier Quality Manager: Role, CSQP and Career Path What supplier quality engineers and managers do, a typical day, busy periods, pay data, the ASQ CSQP certification and how the career progresses.
- Design Quality Engineer and Product Quality Engineer: Role, CRE, Salary and Career Path What design and product quality engineers do, especially in medical devices: a typical day, busy periods, pay, CQE and CRE certifications and career path.
- Quality Systems Engineer and Quality Systems Manager: Role, CQA and Career Path What quality systems engineers and managers do to run a QMS, a typical day, audit-driven busy periods, pay data, the ASQ CQA certification and career path.
- Quality Supervisor and Quality Lead: QA, QC and Team Lead Roles Explained What quality supervisors and team leads do, QA vs QC supervisor differences, a typical shift, busy periods, pay data, certifications and next steps.
- Quality Manager, QA Manager and QC Manager: Role, Salary, CMQ/OE and Career Path What quality, QA and QC managers do, a typical week, who they work with, audit-driven busy periods, BLS pay, the ASQ CMQ/OE and the path to director.
- Plant, Site and Manufacturing Quality Manager: Role, Pay and What the Job Involves What plant and site quality managers do, how the role differs from corporate quality, a typical week, inspection busy periods, BLS pay and the CMQ/OE.
- Quality Engineering Manager, Quality Superintendent and Associate Manager Roles What quality engineering managers, quality superintendents and associate quality managers do, how they differ, typical weeks, pay, CQE and CMQ/OE.
- Senior, Regional and Global Quality Manager: Multi-Site Quality Leadership What senior, regional and global quality managers do across sites, a typical week, who they work with, busy periods, pay benchmarks and the ASQ CMQ/OE.
- Director of Quality and Director of Quality Assurance: Role, Salary and Path to the Job What a director of quality or QA does, senior management responsibility under ICH Q10, a typical week, busy periods, pay benchmarks and the ASQ CMQ/OE.
Subjects covered
- quality inspector
- quality technician
- QA specialist
- quality engineer
- manufacturing quality engineer
- process quality engineer
- supplier quality engineer
- design quality engineer
- quality systems engineer
- quality supervisor
- quality manager
- QA manager