Validation Engineer Jobs

About USDM

USDM Life Sciences is a premier consulting company with 20+ years of experience assisting heavily regulated biotech, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies with their GxP technologies to accelerate growth. Our deep domain knowledge and technology expertise in life sciences business processes are what sets us apart. From strategy to implementation and adoption, we have delivered thousands of GxP projects globally.

As part of the USDM team, you have the opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies through our many partnerships with companies like Microsoft, Google, Oracle, DocuSign, Box, and many more. From molecule to market, you will help connect technology, people, and data in new ways to generate real-time insights to improve business outcomes for USDM’s clients. Are you ready to make an impact and drive real digital transformation in life sciences?

Founded in Santa Barbara in 1999, USDM has grown to a progressive, global company with 300+ remote employees and offices throughout the US, Canada, and Germany.

Nature and Scope of Position

USDM is looking for a strong Validation Analyst who will support our clients on a variety of compliance initiatives for Laboratory Informatics projects.

Primary Responsibilities

• Co-ordination with end users on review and updates to requirement specifications.
• Responsible for overseeing project plans/work schedules to meet objectives and priorities for Laboratory Informatics projects.
• Obtaining user requirements from end-users to determine feature specifications and scope of development activities.
• Performing Risk Assessment for new projects and change requests.
• Defect tracking and coordination with technical team for defect closure
• Authoring and execution of Validation Protocols and Operational Qualification (OQ) scripts.
• Authoring validation documents including Validation Project Plan (VPP), Validation Summary, Data Migration Protocol/Summary, and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) etc.
• Maintaining regular communications with end-users, and project team members (including project managers, quality assurance, developers, business analyst support team, and business administrators), to address changes to plans/schedules.
• Authoring and updating SOPs, Work Instructions, and User Manuals.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills ensuring the ability to interact with the business, peers and vendors in a professional manner.
• Ability to understand existing and new business processes and requirements to ensure proper implementation and validation of systems.
• Expert in MS Word.
• Strong technical background.
• Validation experience with enterprise computer systems (ERP, LIMS, QMS, ECM, LMS, etc.) within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Quick learner.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years in pharmaceutical industry, focusing on Validation.
• Knowledge of cGMP, GDP, GAMP, 21CFR Part11 and industry best practices.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and adhere to timelines.
• Thorough understanding of the principles of computer systems validation, SDLC methodologies and testing best practice.

Education & Certification Requirements

• University certificate or degree with a minimum of 5 years of related industry exp, or BS in Technology & 2-3 years of exp.

Working Conditions

The working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job, and are not meant to be all inclusive. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job.

Unless reasonable accommodations can be made, while performing this job the staff member shall:

• Frequently communicate with stakeholders via telephone, email, or instant message. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Operate other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, scanner, or printer.
• Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer in an environmentally controlled home office environment.

Equal Opportunity Statement

USDM Life Sciences is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Disclaimer

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and the level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. USDM Life Sciences reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

Compensation

Salary/Hourly Rate Range (W2): USD 70.00 – 80.00

The base salary/hourly rate range represents the anticipated low and high end of the USDM’s compensation range for this position. Actual salaries/hourly rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. The compensation described above is subject to change and could be higher or lower than the range described based on market survey data or budget.

Full-time employees are eligible for health, vision, and dental insurance, life insurance, short and long-term disability, hospital indemnity, accident, and critical care coverage.

Both full and part time employees, who are at least 21 years of age, are eligible to participate in USDM's 401k plan. Full and part-time employees may be eligible for paid time off.

All employees are eligible for USDM's rewards and recognition program.

For more details about our benefits, visit us here: http://www.usdm.com/careers