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.

Below is a list of jobs. We present a quality assurance job description for each.

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Laboratory Technician

Laboratory Technician

• analyze various substances
• collects data
• prepares samples
• inspects products
• solves problems

Reports to Engineer or Lab Manager
Minimum Education – Technical Degree
Minimum Experience – None

Quality Assurance Job Description for Process Engineer

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

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Quality Analyst

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

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

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Quality Auditor

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

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

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

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

Quality Coordinator: Tracks and provides information related to Quality Assurance

• Coordinates ISO 9001
• Coordinates compliance to requirements
• Process improvement
• Documents QA systems
• Trains other in QA systems
• Generate reports
• Assist in system audits

Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education – BA
Minimum Experience – On the job ISO 9001 training

QA Director

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

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Quality Engineer

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 – Non

Quality Inspector

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

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Quality Manager

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

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

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Quality Specialist

Quality Specialist: Performs specific quality related functions

• Shows high level of skill in the assigned quality activity
• Conduct statistical studies
• Conducts audits
• Performs audits
• Writes procedures

Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education – AA degree
Minimum Experience - None

Quality Supervisor

Quality Supervisor: Administers quality program within a defined department

• Drives continuous improvement
• Supervises direct reports
• Implements and monitors quality policies
• Writes procedures and reports

Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education – BA
Minimum Experience – 1 year in Quality

Quality Supplier Engineer

Quality Supplier Engineer: Focuses on supplier quality

• Responsible for vendor quality
• Conducts supplier audits
• Rates suppliers
• Drives vendor’s quality improvement
• Assesses potential new suppliers
• Performs supplier corrective action verification activities

Reports to Quality Manager
Minimum Education – BA in engineering discipline, industrial or manufacturing is preferred
Minimum Experience – 1 year in quality

Quality Technician

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

Quality Vice President: Acts as a champion for the quality department

• Establishes direction for quality improvement
• Develops the environment for continual improvement
• Monitors the quality program
• Makes changes as necessary to the quality program

Reports to President
Minimum Education – BA, Master Degree preferred
Minimum Experience – 5 years
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Reliability / Safety Engineer

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

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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