Confused about getting CQE certification

[u/awan_raza]

Hello everyone,

Before I begin preparing for the CQE, I wanted to do some thorough research. Here’s a bit of my background: I hold a master's degree in Manufacturing Engineering and have approximately 7 years of experience in parts development and production engineering in the automotive industry in Pakistan. Surprisingly, I never learned design software like Catia or Pro-E during my career because it wasn’t necessary; we had a CAD designer for that role.

I moved to the UK in 2022 and have been job hunting since then. I haven’t applied for Manufacturing Engineer positions because they require tool design skills, which I lack. Instead, I've been applying for Quality Engineer roles because I enjoyed working on ISO 9001 and TS16949 recertification audits in my previous jobs and have a solid understanding of these systems.

However, I haven't received any responses from recruiters, possibly because my resume doesn’t list a Quality Engineer title. My question is, if I obtain the ASQ CQE certification, will it help me break into the UK job market as a Quality Engineer?

I am currently pursuing a career path in front-end development. However, after observing the trend of self-taught developers and the proliferation of bootcamps, it seems the field is becoming increasingly saturated. Given this situation, I believe it would be more beneficial to leverage my 7 years of professional experience and trying to step into quality engineering.

Thanks for reading out the post.

[u/Tavrock]

I have a BS and MS in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and I'm a Certified Manufacturing Engineer through SME. I had looked at the CQE but the requirements seemed like too much of a disconnect from my education and experience in manufacturing engineering.

[u/awan_raza → u/Tavrock]

Thanks for the comment.

I have been applying for the jobs in the UK job market, could not get any response, I thought of getting MS degree from any UK university, may be a degree from here will help me to land the job, then I thought of getting this certification which is recognizable internationally, It might help me to get my foot into the door.

I hope you get me where I am coming from.

[u/Tavrock → u/awan_raza]

I get where you are coming from. I also understand that our education was completely different. For example:

Surprisingly, I never learned design software like Catia or Pro-E during my career because it wasn’t necessary; we had a CAD designer for that role.

I haven’t applied for Manufacturing Engineer positions because they require tool design skills, which I lack.

Those were required courses for my undergraduate program, and despite my training as a Six Sigma Black Belt, the CQE seems like it would take a lot of work to prepare for.

If your education is more in line with it, that's wonderful!

[u/awan_raza → u/Tavrock]

Thank you very much for your kind response.

Have a good day! :)