Senior Process Engineer - Compliance

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.

We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.

GRAIL is headquartered in the Bay Area of California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.

The Senior Process Engineer leads complex investigations, compliance related initiatives and supports document management processes. This role is primarily responsible for driving quality management system (QMS) activities across engineering, validation, clinical laboratory and operations, including change control management, SOP lifecycle oversight, nonconformance (NC) and CAPA metrics management, training compliance, and continuous process improvement. The Senior Process Engineer works across functions to design and implement process improvements, serve as a technical resource to peers and technicians, and ensure compliance with regulatory and quality requirements.

In addition, this role provides advanced technical expertise in high-complexity molecular diagnostic workflows supporting the Galleri assay and collaborates cross-functionally to ensure operational excellence, regulatory readiness, and sustained compliance with applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements.

This position works full time onsite in Durham, NC.

• Lead and own quality management system (QMS) activities, including change controls, document control, SOP revisions, deviations/nonconformances (NCs), and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).

• Develop and maintain work instructions, guidelines, verifications, and standard operating procedures.

• Independently investigate and resolve process deviations, applying root cause analysis and implementing effective corrective and preventive actions.

• Support internal audits, external inspections, and regulatory assessments; prepare documentation, evidence packages, and responses to audit observations.

• Partner cross-functionally with Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Engineering Operations, Validation, and Clinical Operations leadership to implement and sustain compliant processes.

• Identify process gaps, compliance risks, and operational inefficiencies; recommend and implement sustainable corrective actions and process improvements.

• Mentor and train personnel on workflows, quality processes, and regulatory expectations.

• Provide technical guidance and support to engineers and technicians to promote process understanding and standardization.

• Prepare and present technical reports, proposals, and recommendations to management for process enhancements and cost savings.

• Develop training compliance processes, including assignment, completion tracking, and on the job training assessments.

• These job duties are a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company's discretion.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, or related field) with 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience, or PhD with 2+ years of…