How to become a quality control or assurance engineer
Official title: Quality control/assurance engineer
Also called: Quality assurance engineer, Quality control engineer, Laboratory Supervisor, NDT Level 3 Engineer, QA Engineer, Quality Assurance and Quality Control Specialist/Food Safety Specialist/Laboratory Manager, Quality Assurance Senior Specialist, Quality Assurance Specialist, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Engineer, Quality Engineer, Senior NDT Level 3 Engineer, Senior QA Engineer
Quality control/assurance engineer establishes standards and policies to ensure the production and maintenance processes and manufactured products meet regulatory and customer requirements. He/she conducts internal or external quality audits and investigates work-induced defects. He/she performs root cause and corrective action analysis and monitors the implementation of preventive actions.
Main tasks
- Establishing standards and policies for installation, modification, quality control, testing, inspection and maintenance according to engineering principles and safety regulations
- Inspecting plant to improve and maintain performance
Ways in
- University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $75,720 a year. The middle half earn $57,528 to $101,652 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a quality control or assurance engineer?
Ways in include: Engineering degrees.
How much does a quality control or assurance engineer earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $75,720 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $57,528 to $101,652.
Will AI change the work of a quality control or assurance engineer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026