Quality Specialist Jobs in Washington
Quality Specialist jobs in Washington are concentrated in aerospace, defense, medical devices, and food manufacturing, with steady demand at every level from entry-level inspectors to senior quality engineers. The strongest hiring is in Seattle, Everett, and Renton, where Boeing, Starbucks, and Philips anchor large quality functions alongside dozens of suppliers and contract manufacturers. The most in-demand specialties are AS9100 aerospace quality, FDA-regulated medical device quality, and supplier quality assurance. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The Quality Specialist ensures products and processes meet company quality standards, customer expectations, and regulatory requirements. This hands-on role supports quality assurance activities through inspections, audits, root cause analysis, documentation control, employee training, and continuous improvement initiatives while partnering closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Customer Service teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform product and process inspections to ensure quality compliance.
- Collect, analyze, and report quality data and trends.
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and support corrective actions.
- Assist with audits, ISO/AS9100 compliance activities, and quality documentation.
- Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and standard work instructions.
- Train employees on quality standards and processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to reduce defects, improve compliance, and enhance product quality.
- 3–5 years of experience in manufacturing, quality assurance, quality engineering, or a related field.
- Familiarity with quality tools, inspection methods, and manufacturing environments.
- Experience with document control systems and quality records.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data tracking and analysis.
- Ability to work independently and within a team-oriented environment.
Preferred
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or similar certification.
- Experience in ISO and/or AS9100 quality systems.
- Demonstrated success in reducing defects, rework, and quality-related issues.
Physical & Environmental Requirements
- Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with frequent exposure to production noise, moving equipment, varying temperatures, and other manufacturing-related conditions.
- Willingness to travel up to 15%.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds occasionally, including lifting from floor to waist and waist to shoulder.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the workday.
- Frequent bending, squatting, kneeling, crawling, stooping, and reaching to inspect equipment and work areas.
- Ability to climb ladders multiple times throughout the day and maintain three points of contact while working from a ladder.
- Ability to open and lift equipment access panels, covers, and lids during inspections.
- Ability to work in confined or restricted spaces, including looking underneath equipment and crawling beneath units to perform inspections and quality assessments.
- Ability to perform hands-on inspections, audits, and troubleshooting in a manufacturing environment.
- Comfortable working in hot and cold conditions, as manufacturing facilities are not climate controlled.
- Ability to safely perform all physical aspects of the position while wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Where Potential Powers Progress
At Sunbelt Solomon, we believe progress starts with people — their ideas, their expertise, and their drive to make energy work better. With more than a century of combined experience, we deliver full-lifecycle power, energy, and automation solutions across the Americas.
From our 39+ locations and a team of over 1,600 skilled professionals, we serve nearly every industry with the people, products, and insight needed to keep the electricity running. Our solutions span low-, medium-, and high-voltage systems, covering the complete electrical lifecycle, from design and engineering to operation, maintenance, modernization, and sustainable decommissioning. We’re known for our expertise in remanufacturing electrical equipment, including transformers and switchgear, and for providing flexible, reliable temporary power rental solutions. Through the Sunbelt Solomon family of brands, including Trinity Power, Magna IV Engineering, and Power Solutions Group, we combine deep technical field experience with advanced engineering and turnkey project delivery.
Together, we help customers optimize performance, extend asset life, and achieve sustainability goals while building a more resilient, efficient energy future. At our core, we’re powered by people — innovators, engineers, technicians, and problem solvers — all working together to deliver energy solutions that move industries forward.
Mission, Purpose, Vision & Core Values
In developing our mission, purpose, vision and core business values, we engaged in a thoughtful process that incorporated the combined principles of our family of companies and reflects our commitment to valuing our history and investing in our people, services, and products.
Mission: Through a culture of integrity, bold innovation, and customer-centricity we create value for our partners and team members with safe and reliable electrical power solutions and services.
Purpose: To enhance the lives of our team members and partners through sustainable products and services in the communities we serve.
Vision: To be the leading provider of customized electrical power solutions and services.
Core Values:
- People: The core of our success.
- Safety: It’s in our DNA.
- Strategic: We forge our own future.
- Sustainability: Industry leaders in power distribution life cycle management.
- Performance: Delivering excellence at every opportunity.
Company Benefits
Sunbelt Solomon offers a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package to employees who work 30 hours per week or more following 90 days of employment. Benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, 401k with company match, life insurance and disability, paid vacation, sick time, and holiday. Temp employees are not eligible for company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Pre-Employment Screening
Following an offer of employment all candidates are required to complete a background check and drug screen prior to being cleared to start employment. A physical, respiratory fit test, and/or Motor Vehicle Record check may also be required based on the job responsibilities and location of the position.
The Quality Specialist ensures products and processes meet company quality standards, customer expectations, and regulatory requirements. This hands-on role supports quality assurance activities through inspections, audits, root cause analysis, documentation control, employee training, and continuous improvement initiatives while partnering closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Customer Service teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform product and process inspections to ensure quality compliance.
- Collect, analyze, and report quality data and trends.
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and support corrective actions.
- Assist with audits, ISO/AS9100 compliance activities, and quality documentation.
- Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and standard work instructions.
- Train employees on quality standards and processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to reduce defects, improve compliance, and enhance product quality.
- 3–5 years of experience in manufacturing, quality assurance, quality engineering, or a related field.
- Familiarity with quality tools, inspection methods, and manufacturing environments.
- Experience with document control systems and quality records.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data tracking and analysis.
- Ability to work independently and within a team-oriented environment.
Preferred
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or similar certification.
- Experience in ISO and/or AS9100 quality systems.
- Demonstrated success in reducing defects, rework, and quality-related issues.
Physical & Environmental Requirements
- Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with frequent exposure to production noise, moving equipment, varying temperatures, and other manufacturing-related conditions.
- Willingness to travel up to 15%.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds occasionally, including lifting from floor to waist and waist to shoulder.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the workday.
- Frequent bending, squatting, kneeling, crawling, stooping, and reaching to inspect equipment and work areas.
- Ability to climb ladders multiple times throughout the day and maintain three points of contact while working from a ladder.
- Ability to open and lift equipment access panels, covers, and lids during inspections.
- Ability to work in confined or restricted spaces, including looking underneath equipment and crawling beneath units to perform inspections and quality assessments.
- Ability to perform hands-on inspections, audits, and troubleshooting in a manufacturing environment.
- Comfortable working in hot and cold conditions, as manufacturing facilities are not climate controlled.
- Ability to safely perform all physical aspects of the position while wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Where Potential Powers Progress
At Sunbelt Solomon, we believe progress starts with people — their ideas, their expertise, and their drive to make energy work better. With more than a century of combined experience, we deliver full-lifecycle power, energy, and automation solutions across the Americas.
From our 39+ locations and a team of over 1,600 skilled professionals, we serve nearly every industry with the people, products, and insight needed to keep the electricity running. Our solutions span low-, medium-, and high-voltage systems, covering the complete electrical lifecycle, from design and engineering to operation, maintenance, modernization, and sustainable decommissioning. We’re known for our expertise in remanufacturing electrical equipment, including transformers and switchgear, and for providing flexible, reliable temporary power rental solutions. Through the Sunbelt Solomon family of brands, including Trinity Power, Magna IV Engineering, and Power Solutions Group, we combine deep technical field experience with advanced engineering and turnkey project delivery.
Together, we help customers optimize performance, extend asset life, and achieve sustainability goals while building a more resilient, efficient energy future. At our core, we’re powered by people — innovators, engineers, technicians, and problem solvers — all working together to deliver energy solutions that move industries forward.
Mission, Purpose, Vision & Core Values
In developing our mission, purpose, vision and core business values, we engaged in a thoughtful process that incorporated the combined principles of our family of companies and reflects our commitment to valuing our history and investing in our people, services, and products.
Mission: Through a culture of integrity, bold innovation, and customer-centricity we create value for our partners and team members with safe and reliable electrical power solutions and services.
Purpose: To enhance the lives of our team members and partners through sustainable products and services in the communities we serve.
Vision: To be the leading provider of customized electrical power solutions and services.
Core Values:
- People: The core of our success.
- Safety: It’s in our DNA.
- Strategic: We forge our own future.
- Sustainability: Industry leaders in power distribution life cycle management.
- Performance: Delivering excellence at every opportunity.
Company Benefits
Sunbelt Solomon offers a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package to employees who work 30 hours per week or more following 90 days of employment. Benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, 401k with company match, life insurance and disability, paid vacation, sick time, and holiday. Temp employees are not eligible for company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Pre-Employment Screening
Following an offer of employment all candidates are required to complete a background check and drug screen prior to being cleared to start employment. A physical, respiratory fit test, and/or Motor Vehicle Record check may also be required based on the job responsibilities and location of the position.
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What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in quality specialist jobs across Washington.
- ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, Quality Engineer, or Quality Technician credential preferred or required
- Experience with ISO 9001, AS9100, or FDA 21 CFR quality management systems
- Proficiency with root cause analysis tools such as 8D, FMEA, or Fishbone
- Hands-on experience with inspection equipment, dimensional gauging, or CMM operation
- Familiarity with statistical process control and quality data analysis using Excel or Minitab
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, or a related technical field preferred
Quality Specialist Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a quality specialist in Washington?
Washington does not require a state-issued license specifically for quality specialists, so the path runs through education and professional certification. Most employers expect at least an associate or bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing technology, or a life science, combined with an ASQ certification such as the Certified Quality Technician or Certified Quality Engineer. Candidates targeting aerospace or medical device roles in Washington should prioritize familiarity with AS9100 or FDA quality system requirements from the start.
Which companies hire quality specialists in Washington?
Washington quality specialist roles are posted by SpaceX, Boeing, and Evotec and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Washington's aerospace manufacturing base and concentration of FDA-regulated medical device companies make it one of the more active states for quality roles year-round.
Which Washington cities have the most quality specialist jobs?
Redmond, Seattle, and Woodinville account for the largest share of quality specialist openings in Washington. Seattle and its neighboring cities of Everett and Renton drive most of the volume through Boeing's commercial aviation operations, a dense network of aerospace suppliers, and a growing cluster of medical device and biotech firms, while Tacoma adds openings through food manufacturing and port-adjacent logistics operations.
Are there remote quality specialist jobs in Washington?
Yes, but they're rare. Quality specialist work is largely hands-on, involving physical inspection, shop floor audits, and supplier visits that require an on-site presence. About 38% of quality specialist openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, and those positions tend to be in quality systems, documentation, or supplier quality roles where the core work is data review and audit coordination rather than direct product inspection.
How can I get hired as a quality specialist in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a quality inspector or quality technician role, which Washington aerospace and food manufacturing employers hire for without requiring prior quality-specific experience. Boeing and its Tier 1 suppliers in Everett and Renton regularly bring in production associates and inspection assistants who move into quality functions on the job. Earning an ASQ Certified Quality Improvement Associate credential before applying signals commitment and gives candidates a concrete edge over others at the same experience level.
Where can I find and apply to quality specialist jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to quality specialist jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings across aerospace, medical devices, food manufacturing, and other industries. Find roles that fit your experience and specialization and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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