"Quality engineering applies the technology of quality systems to the specific technologies of a company's business. Organizationally, quality engineering embodies activities of inspection and test planning, data analysis and corrective action, and the quality interface with marketing and engineering. In this capacity, quality engineers are responsible for continued improvements in documentation systems, statistical techniques, testing systems, failure-analysis techniques, reliability programs, vendor quality systems, and so on." – ASQC.

The engineering discipline concerned with improving the quality of products and processes.

Quality Engineering is a quarterly academic journal focusing on quality control and quality assurance management through use of physical technology, standards information, and statistical tools. The journal is co-published between American Society for Quality and Marcel Dekker, Inc.