Saja Mohammed

I'm currently a Quality Engineer 2, leading an inspection lab in a medical component company. I make sure every part that is made meets quality specifications on a daily basis. My background is in microbiology - I went to school for biotechnology and concentrated in microbiology. Since I graduated, I've worked in quality and worked my way up from quality technician in a pharmaceutical company to an analyst at different levels, and was promoted to a lead microbiologist. I left the lab and transferred through different companies, started a whole new lab, and did validations and qualifications. Then I wanted to have a different career path, so I took a quality engineer position in metal medical components, which is a little bit different than the pharma life. It's still in the medical field, but it's not pharmaceutical and has different ISO classifications. I did that for almost 2 years, and then I took this Quality Engineer 2 position as a step up in plastic medical components. I've been in my field as a quality engineer for three and a half years. My most notable professional achievement is becoming an engineer, because that title is kind of hard to get - you have to go to school for engineering to earn it, and I earned it through experience instead of schooling.