Specialist, Quality Control, Chemistry

The Role:

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team that's revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology, with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases.

As an employee, you'll be part of a continually growing organization, working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives.

Moderna's commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience, with the potential to make a significant impact on patients' lives worldwide.

Moderna is solidifying its footprint within our international centre for analytical excellence in Madrid, a city known for its rich scientific heritage. This facility, the largest such center outside the United States, exemplifies our commitment to solidifying our manufacturing network and advancing our promising mRNA product portfolio. We're looking for talents who can contribute to our innovative research and development efforts.

As a QC Specialist – Chemistry, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality and regulatory compliance of Moderna’s mRNA medicines through analytical chemistry testing. Working in Madrid’s analytical excellence center, you will perform cGMP QC testing for release and stability, support method transfers, and contribute to the troubleshooting and qualification of methods and equipment. This highly technical position offers exposure to innovative platforms and is ideal for someone eager to support laboratory excellence, assist junior team members, and engage in data integrity and documentation practices within a fast-paced biotech environment.

• Performing routine analytical chemistry testing such as HPLC, UPLC, UV, particle analysis, and dynamic light scattering.
• Executing and supporting stability studies and GMP release testing.
• Managing LIMS (Lab Vantage) sample result entries and executing electronic assay forms.
• Assisting with method transfers and development activities across the QC Chemistry function.
• Supporting special projects and ongoing initiatives in QC laboratory optimization and compliance.

• Performing general laboratory operations including sample management, reagent preparation, equipment maintenance, and lab housekeeping.
• Completing and maintaining cGMP documentation and ensuring full data integrity compliance.
• Writing and revising SOPs, protocols, and reports in accordance with internal and external requirements.
• Contributing to the training and troubleshooting activities for more junior staff.
• Participating in investigations, deviations, change controls, and CAPAs within quality systems.
• Supporting the overall lab readiness and supply stocking to ensure uninterrupted QC operations.
• Creating a safe working environment and complying with all GxP and company standards.

• “We obsess over learning. We don’t have to be the smartest; we have to learn the fastest.”
  This role will require continuous engagement with cutting‑edge analytical platforms and assay technologies. A growth mindset and eagerness to learn are essential to support the rapid evolution of QC processes in a pioneering biotech setting.
• “We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.”
  With responsibilities tied to LIMS (Lab Vantage) and electronic assay forms, you’ll be operating in a highly digital laboratory environment—contributing to Moderna’s goal of tech‑enabled scalability and operational excellence across its quality systems.

• BA/BS in Chemistry (preferred) or other relevant scientific discipline with 2–5 years’ experience
• Working experience: 2–5 years of experience in quality control laboratory of a pharmaceutical company
• Hands on experience with analytical chemistry testing including chromatographic techniques- HPLC, UPLC, Spectroscopic and Spectrometric techniques;
  Physical properties techniques such as Particle Analysis by Dynamic Light Scattering and others.
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