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Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)

Professional certification recognizing reliability engineering proficiency; it is not a license or registration.

Licensing authority: ASQExcellence (ASQE)

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Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) examination
Applicability
Current CRE page adopts the linked 2025-CRE-BoK.pdf and explicitly lists the selected January window. The PDF footer says 2024; neither year is used as an effective date. No successor or retirement is announced in the controlling current materials.
Applicant
Initial CRE certification candidate
Application Deadline
2026-12-07
Education Waiver
Only one experience waiver: technical/trade diploma one year; associate degree two years; bachelor’s degree four years; master’s/doctorate five years. School accreditation must be accepted by ASQ; foreign degrees/diplomas must be equivalent to U.S. qualifications.
Experience
Eight years of full-time paid experience in CRE Body of Knowledge areas, including at least three years in a decision-making position; decision-making means authority to define, execute, or control projects/processes and responsibility for the outcome, with or without supervisory duties.
Prior Certification Experience
Experience used for previous ASQ quality engineer, quality auditor, software quality engineer, or quality manager certification often applies; these certifications are not mandatory examination prerequisites.
Professionalism
Proof of professionalism and acceptance of the ASQ Testing Agreement and Code of Ethics are required.
Qualifying Requested Dates
2027-01-01 through 2027-01-24
Selected Testing Window
2027-01-01 through 2027-01-31

Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) examination

Provider
Prometric
Format
One-part, open-book multiple-choice examination; selected U.S. window uses English computer delivery. Paper delivery is an alternative format of the same CRE examination, not a separate exam identity.
Exam questions
Total questions: 165; Scored questions: 150; Unscored questions: 15; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
Computer-delivered examination: 4 hours 18 minutes; appointment: 4 hours 30 minutes.
Passing score
550 (reported passing exam score).
Exam fee
Initial examination $550; ASQ members save $100.
Examination outline
  • Reliability Fundamentals (19.33%)
    • Leadership Foundations
    • Reliability Foundations
  • Risk Management (16.67%)
    • Identification
    • Analysis
    • Mitigation
  • Probability and Statistics for Reliability (23.33%)
    • Basic Concepts
    • Data Management
  • Reliability Planning, Testing, and Modeling (23.33%)
    • Planning
    • Testing
    • Modeling
  • Lifecycle Reliability (17.33%)
    • Reliability Design Techniques
    • Parts and Systems Development
    • Maintainability
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