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Quality Assurance
Job Description
There are many Quality Assurance Job Description(s). Here you will find the primary responsibility of each job classification. I also supply recommendations for education and experience for each job.
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These job descriptions are not black and white. QA people wear several hats. Select the ones that work best for your organization.
Here is a list of QA interview questions that I like to ask when interviewing most QA professionals
Below is a list of jobs. We present a quality assurance job description for each.
Process Engineer : Improves and optimizes processes - Evaluate manufacturing processes
- Uses engineering skills to improve processes
- Develops new processes
- Writes process procedures
- Ensures processes produce quality product
- Reduces process cycle time
- Reduces process costs
- Resolves suppliers performance issues
- Manages direct reports
Reports to Engineering Manager
Minimum Education BA in engineering discipline
Minimum Experience None
Quality Analyst: Focuses on data - Initiates data collection
- Coordinates data collection
- Creates reports
- Uses statistical methods
Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education AA degree
Minimum Experience - None
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Quality Associate: Assists in quality improvement projects - collects data
- tracks projects
- reports on projects
- Assist Quality Manager
Reports to Quality Manager or Engineer
Minimum Education High School
Minimum Experience - None
Quality Auditor: Performs audits- Creates audit reports
- Follows up on audit corrective action
- Conducts process audits
- Conducts systems audits
- Conducts product audits
- Conducts supplier audits
Reports to Quality Manager or Engineer
Minimum Education BA
Minimum Experience On the job audit training
Quality Black Belt: Focuses on process improvement - Team leader
- Project management
- Improving customer satisfaction
- Improves business productivity
- Trains process statistics
Reports to Quality Manager or Champion
Minimum Education BA and black belt certification
Minimum Experience Must have documented process improvement projects
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Quality Champion: Business Manager / Senior Manager- Ensures resources are available for quality training
- Ensures resources are available for quality projects
- Directs quality improvement
- Reviews project improvement teams and results
- Ensures six sigma tools are used
Reports to President or Vice President
Minimum Education BA and Six Sigma Certification, Master Degree preferred
Minimum Experience 5 years as a manager
Quality Consultant: Improves an organization quality programs  - Provides advise
- Facilitates projects
- Facilitates quality Improvement
- Expert in the quality Field
- Provides training
- Direct quality management systems certification
Reports to President, Vice President or Quality Director
Minimum Education BA, Master Degree preferred
Minimum Experience 10 years in quality assurance
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Quality Coordinator: Tracks and provides information related to Quality AssuranceReports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education BA
Minimum Experience On the job ISO 9001 training
QA Director: Oversees all Quality Assurance efforts- Develops QA program
- Drives quality improvement
- Administer the QA management systems
- Training employees
- Coaching employees
- Establishes strategic plans
- Sets policies
- Assures customer needs are met
Reports to President or Vice President
Minimum Education BA, Master Degree preferred
Minimum Experience 5 years
Quality Engineer: Focuses on inspection process development and product improvement - Installs statistical sampling processes
- Improves and monitors inspection processes
- Writes procedures
- Specifies inspection and testing equipment
- Helps formulate quality assurance policies
- Conducts audits
- Interfaces with engineering, customers and suppliers
- Issues corrective action reports
Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education BA in Engineering discipline, industrial or manufacturing is preferred
Minimum Experience None
Quality Inspector: Responsible for inspection- Final inspection
- Receiving inspection
- Process inspection
- Uses measuring instruments
- Ensure product meets requirements
Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education High School
Minimum Experience - None
Quality Manager: Administer quality assurance efforts - Administer the quality assurance program
- Drives continuous improvement
- Directs resolution to quality problems
- Supplies corrective action to customers
- Improves the QA management system
- Achieve QA management certifications
- Resolves suppliers performance issues
- Manages direct reports
Reports to President, Vice President or Quality Director
Minimum Education BA
Minimum Experience 5 years
Quality Software Engineer: Test and improves software- Applies quality principles to the software development
- Designs or specifies test methods for software inspection
- Designs or specifies test methods for software verification
- Designs or specifies test methods for software validation
- Recommends product improvement
Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education BA in computer science
Minimum Experience None
Quality Specialist: Performs specific quality related functionsReports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education AA degree
Minimum Experience - None
Quality Supervisor: Administers quality program within a defined department Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education BA
Minimum Experience 1 year in Quality
Quality Supplier Engineer: Focuses on supplier quality Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education BA in engineering discipline, industrial or manufacturing is preferred
Minimum Experience 1 year in quality
Quality Technician: Performs basic quality duties- May conduct calibration
- Report on inspection results
- Gathers data
- Conduct special quality testing
- Write procedures
- Conduct product qualifications
Reports to Quality Manager or Quality Engineer
Minimum Education High School
Minimum Experience - None
Quality Vice President: Acts as a champion for the quality departmentReports to President
Minimum Education BA, Master Degree preferred
Minimum Experience 5 years
The last quality assurance job description(s) below
Reliability / Safety Engineer: Improves product reliability and safety- Evaluates safety, reliability and maintainability
- Plans and conducts reliability tests
- Reports reliability results
- Conducts analysis of field failures
- Recommends product improvement
Reports to Engineering Manager or Quality Manager
Minimum Education BA in engineering discipline, statistics and reliability preferred
Minimum Experience None
Six Sigma Engineer: focuses on process improvement- Team participant
- Project management
- Improves customer satisfaction
- Improves pusiness productivity
- Trains process statistics
- Conducts supplier audits
Reports to Quality Manager or Quality Champion
Minimum Education BA and six sigma certification
Minimum Experience 1 Year in QA
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Quality Assurance Solutions
Robert Broughton
(805) 200-7979
USA
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