Quality Engineer
Also known as: QA Engineer (Manufacturing) · Quality Control Engineer · Supplier Quality Engineer
Sets up checks and processes so manufactured parts and products meet quality standards.
What you’d do
A quality engineer sets up the checks and processes that make sure manufactured parts and products meet standards. Automotive suppliers, engineering goods and electronics manufacturers hire them. A day involves inspecting parts, analysing defects, handling customer complaints, and maintaining quality documents and audits.
- Defines inspection plans and checks
- Analyses defects and root causes
- Works with suppliers on quality
- Maintains quality system documents
How you get in
Freshers join as graduate engineer trainees or junior quality engineers through campus placement at manufacturers. A Six Sigma Green Belt or quality tools course can help with shortlisting.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Measurement and inspection using gauges and CMM
- Statistical process control
- Root-cause analysis (8D, fishbone, 5 Why)
- Preparing quality documents such as PPAP and FMEA
- Supplier and customer quality coordination
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Customer audits and complaint handling are a regular part of the job.
- Common next roles: supplier quality engineer, quality manager, Six Sigma or process roles.
- Automotive quality roles follow strict industry standards.
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