Senior Validation Engineer - Medical Devices (Remote)

Korn Ferry; Zürich; Remote; CHF 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry is seeking a seasoned Validation Engineer to support a major medical device manufacturing integration across Switzerland and Germany. The role focuses on reviewing validation strategies, ensuring audits pass, and addressing gaps with internal teams and external suppliers.

You will drive IQ/OQ/PQ activities, manage multi-site validation, and help scale production while maintaining quality systems and regulatory alignment. This position is mostly remote with periodic travel.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or related technical field.
• Experience in validation within regulated manufacturing, preferably medical devices.
• Proven ability to review validation documentation and identify gaps.
• Experience with manufacturing transfers and scale-up programmes.

Responsibilities

• Review validation strategies, protocols and reports for manufacturing and supplier validation.
• Identify compliance, technical and documentation gaps and recommend remediation.
• Support IQ/OQ/PQ activities and process qualification across sites.
• Provide validation oversight for transfers, scale-up and process changes.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers to address deficiencies.

Skills

Validation engineering

Quality engineering

Regulatory compliance

Documentation review

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or related

Tools

MSA

QMS

ISO 13485

Job description

Korn Ferry is seeking a seasoned Validation Engineer to support a major medical device manufacturing integration across Switzerland and Germany. The role focuses on reviewing validation strategies, ensuring audits pass, and addressing gaps with internal teams and external suppliers.

You will drive IQ/OQ/PQ activities, manage multi-site validation, and help scale production while maintaining quality systems and regulatory alignment. This position is mostly remote with periodic travel.