Validation Engineer

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Validation Engineer located in Buffalo, IL

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Validation Engineer will support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth. The role is responsible for process validations to ensure that the equipment used for medical device manufacturing is appropriately developed, qualified to meet Flex’s internal policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

• Provide validation oversight on process validation and qualification activities to ensure compliance and recommend appropriate corrective actions as needed.
• Assure validation policies and procedures are implemented and followed for medical device manufacturing.
• Determine and establish requirements for qualification activities and lead all assigned qualification activities to completion.
• Suggest and debate alternative methods and procedures in solving problems to meet business needs.
• Make independent decisions related to qualification activities.
• Author / execute validation plans, protocols (IQ, OQ, TMV, and PQ protocol) and other validation deliverables to support equipment qualifications and re‑qualification activities.
• Interface with customers on technical/quality issues and improvement initiatives.
• Manage regulatory/compliance agency/customer audits by acting as an SME for the respective area / business process.
• Review technical problems and procedures; recommend solutions to improve and streamline existing quality system processes.
• Implement practices around validation controls for all manufacturing areas in line with applicable policies and procedures.
• Execute, manage validation and change control activities by authoring, reviewing and approving validation deliverables, including but not limited to validation plans, requirement test plans/protocols/results, risk assessments, traceability matrices, and summary reports.
• Monitor validation deliverables and activities for assigned area to ensure that regulations, protocols, procedures, and methodologies are followed, and that appropriate and complete documentation is captured and reported to support validation activities.
• Additionally required to support software or facilities validations as deemed necessary by business.

• 3+ years of validation experience (process and product validation)
• 3+ years in the medical device, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry with understanding of CFR Part 820, Part 11, ISO 13485, Annex 11, ISO 9001, GAMP standards.
• Experience in generating, reviewing and approving validation deliverables, statistical analysis, risk management, incident and change management.
• Software validation experience preferred.

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short‑term and Long‑term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

$74,800.00 USD – $ USD

Is Sponsorship Available? No

No Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We’re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process.

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