Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
ZEISS · Dublin, CA
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $116k–$145k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 79+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at ZEISS (industrial) in Dublin, CA. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of requirements, duties, or responsibilities.
- They ask for
- 79+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, CAPA, ISO 13485, FDA / GMP
- Base pay
- $116k–$145k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $101k–$148k. This one lists $116k–$145k.
Median of the low and high ends of 97 live postings that list pay, out of 197 quality engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
California plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 196 other live quality postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 5% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (79+ vs 5+)
Typical $100k–$148k, from 94 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 78%
- FMEA 54%
- Supplier quality 48%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 46%
- AS9100 42%
- ISO 9001 38%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for ISO 13485, FDA / GMP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at ZEISS
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: ZEISS in Dublin
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Full description from ZEISSAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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into quality objectives, and drive risk-based improvements. The position also manages escalated product complaints, coordinates investigations and root-cause analyses, evaluates potential regulatory reporting obligations, and ensures complete and timely complaint closure.
Location: Dublin, CA
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About Us
How many companies can say they’ve been in business for over 179 years?!
Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!
What’s the role?
The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer provides quality leadership for assigned product families throughout the product lifecycle. This role partners with Product Management, R&D, Operations, Service, and Purchasing to monitor product and process performance, translate customer and regulatory
Here’s what you’ll do
- •Provide quality engineering support for manufacturing, purchasing, R&D, and product-sustaining activities.
- •Serve as the Quality Assurance representative and subject-matter expert for assigned product families.
- •Develop and monitor product and process quality metrics, identify adverse trends, and lead appropriate improvement activities.
- •Apply statistical methods to product acceptance, process capability, sampling, data analysis, and performance evaluation.
- •Support product and process changes by assessing quality, regulatory, and risk-management impacts.
- •Lead or support complex quality investigations, root-cause analyses, corrective actions, and effectiveness evaluations.
- •Manage escalated product complaints and ensure that complaint records are complete, accurate, traceable, and properly maintained.
- •Assess complaint classification, potential regulatory reporting obligations, and the need for further investigation, risk evaluation, or quality action.
- •Coordinate complaint investigations, returned-product evaluations, regulatory reporting inputs, stakeholder communication, and timely closure.
- •Support the maintenance and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System.
- •Lead quality projects and provide technical guidance and training to other personnel.
- •Support regulatory inspections and internal or external audits, as required.
Do you qualify?
- •Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related technical discipline.
- •Minimum five years of relevant experience in quality assurance, product development, manufacturing quality, or failure analysis within a regulated industry.
- •Working knowledge of ISO 13485, FDA Quality Management System Regulation under 21 CFR Part 820, and applicable U.S. and EU medical device requirements.
- •Experience with complaint investigations, root-cause analysis, CAPA, risk management, and quality-system processes.
- •Proficiency in statistical methods, including sampling, process capability, confidence intervals, data-distribution assessment, and interpretation of quality data.
- •Demonstrated ability to lead multiple complex projects and work effectively across functions.
- •Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- •Ability to adapt and make sound decisions in a changing environment.
- •Experience with medical electronic, ophthalmic, optical, or similar regulated products is preferred.
The annual pay range for this position is $115,900 - $144,900.
The pay offered for this role may be influenced by factors such as job location, scope of role, qualifications, education, experience, & complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent.
This position is eligible for a Performance Bonus.
ZEISS also offers robust benefits, including medical plans, retirement savings plan and paid time off.
We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!
- •Medical
- •Vision
- •Dental
- •401k Matching
- •Employee Assistance Programs
- •Vacation and sick pay
- •The list goes on!
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