Principal Quality Engineer Salary in Washington, DC

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How much does a Principal Quality Engineer make in Washington, DC? The average Principal Quality Engineer salary in Washington, DC is $173,833 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $160,189 and $188,455. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Senior/Principal Quality & Design Control Engineer

Autonomous Medical Devices Incorp - Santa Ana , CA

Summary of Position The Senior/Principal Quality & Design Control Engineer will provide quality guidance and support throughout the entire design control and product realization processes to ensure ...

LinkedIn - 37 days ago

Principal Quality Engineer

Meet - Irvine , CA

Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or equivalent certification preferred. Experience: * Minimum of five years' experience in validation and/or quality engineering within the medical device industry ...

LinkedIn - 18 days ago

Principal Quality Engineer

BioTalent - Laguna Woods , CA

The primary responsibility of the quality engineer is to maintain, and support compliance activities associated with product manufacturing, non-conformance reports (MRB), customer complaints, product ...

LinkedIn - 37 days ago

Principal Technical Leader / Principal Engineer

Apex Companies, LLC - Pleasant Hill , CA

Principal Engineer / Principal Technical Leader (Groundwater Practice Leader) Industry: Engineering ... and ensure quality work product. · Actively develop your own career growth. Why you'll love ...

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Principal Manufacturing Engineer

Imperative Care - Campbell , CA

Principal Manufacturing Engineer Location : This position is based in our Campbell, California ... Experience working under quality systems designed to meet governmental regulations such as FDA QSR ...

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Principal Electrical Engineer

Avation Medical - Valencia , CA

Principal Electrical Engineer Position Overview: Avation Medical is actively recruiting Principal ... Familiarity with quality systems, documentation, protocols, and reports * working knowledge of ...

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What does a Principal Quality Engineer do?

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Act as the main customer and management interface in resolving customer quality issues, necessary notifications while driving root cause and corrective actions on process and product quality issues.

April 19, 2023

Performs analyses of proposals, program or product requirements and prepares responsive quality plans, procedures, and resource allocations to assure optimum quality support.

May 19, 2023

Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to conducting our global business according to the highest legal and ethical standards, and to continually pursue excellence in the development and delivery of all of our products and services.

February 27, 2023

Understanding of a quality system and its development, documentation, and implementation with respect to domestic and international standards or requirements.

March 07, 2023

Lead investigation and liaison between internal functions and customers on technical diagnosis of root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions with resolution of customer complaints or field failures, and developing solutions as appropriate to eliminate the recurrence of the issue.

April 05, 2023

Assist in the development and maintenance of company procedures for design control, change management, risk management, process validation and related areas of the quality management system.

April 23, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Principal Quality Engineer in Washington, DC

Average Base Salary

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160189

188455

173833

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

174629

209369

189744

What is the average salary for Principal Quality Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Principal Quality Engineer in Washington, DC. The base salary for Principal Quality Engineer ranges from $160,189 to $188,455 with the average base salary of $173,833. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $174,629 to $209,369 with the average total cash compensation of $189,744.

View Average Salary for Principal Quality Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$173,833	$160,189 - $188,455
Bonus	$15,911	$14,440 - $20,913
Total Pay	$189,744	$174,629 - $209,369

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Principal Quality Engineer Salary Near Washington, DC

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Arlington, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $160,218 - $188,489	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Alexandria, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $160,218 - $188,489	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Annandale, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $160,218 - $188,489	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Bowie, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $159,881 - $188,093	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Bethesda, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $160,218 - $188,489	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Silver Spring, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $160,218 - $188,489	COMPARE TO Washington, DC

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About Washington, District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2), of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water. The District is bordered by Montgomery County, Maryland to the northwest; Prince George's County, Maryland to the east; Arlington County, Virginia to the south; and Alexandria, Virginia to the west. The south bank of the Potomac River forms the District's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries: the An...

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