The role of a Software Quality Engineer (SQA) involves overseeing the quality management system of a software project and ensuring it meets required standards before release. This encompasses both quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC), with QA focusing on preventing bugs throughout the development process and QC emphasizing defect detection. A variety of titles exist in the QA industry, such as QA analyst, SQA, and SDET, without strict definitions tied to these titles; therefore, job descriptions should be prioritized over titles when seeking roles. Essential skills for quality engineers include critical thinking, attention to detail, and technical knowledge of computer systems and programming languages for automation tasks. As the industry increasingly shifts toward automated processes, tools like testRigor enhance QA by automating test creation and maintenance with AI-driven technology, allowing tests to be written in plain English and adapting them based on real user interactions to improve test coverage and quality.