Senior QA Engineer, Validation

The Senior QA Engineer, Validation helps drive the Quality oversight for Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) processes. The position also oversees, reviews, and approves QA validation activities and documents associated with decommissioning, new or modified systems as well as maintenance of the validated state of equipment, processes, and systems. Occasional opportunities for international and/or domestic travel may be available for this role.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together!

Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of "giving our world more smiles." Visit:

• Serves as QA CQV subject matter expert (SME) with regulators, clients, and company management.
• Assesses the impact of system and process modifications and maintains oversight of change management processes to ensure facilities, utilities and equipment are first validated and then maintained in a validated state.
• Oversees and approves system and process lifecycle documentation, including risk and impact assessments, user requirements, product, process, and equipment specifications, functional specifications, traceability matrices, qualification protocols, validation plans, and validation summary reports.
• Develops, reviews, and approves QA procedures for the validation approach and lifecycle documents for facilities, utilities, and equipment.
• Ensures the completion of project and operational quality objectives within desired timelines.
• Provides manufacturing (Clean Room) shop floor support for issue resolution, as needed.
• Participates in optimization or improvement initiatives.
• Supports regulatory agencies and third-party inspections.
• Shares knowledge and mentors less experienced team members by providing technical guidance on QA validation activities.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

• Ability to work in a highly regulated environment, adhere to regulatory requirements, and follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
• Advanced ability to manage multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and balance competing priorities in a fast-paced GMP environment; excellent organization and critical thinking skills with ability to work independently.
• High-level understanding of production equipment, hygienic utilities, quality systems, automation, manufacturing & IT Systems, Cleaning Development/Verification/Validation, and CQV methodologies.
• Ability to support SOP creation, program development, and training curricula to deliver operational and inspection readiness goals.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral to effectively collaborate cross-function and with department management.
• Extensive knowledge of Data Integrity and application of 21 CFR Part 820 and Part 11.
• Personal ownership, proactive partnerships, and knowledge management.
• Ability to fully embrace a Genki culture and bring positive energy to a dynamic work environment.
• Flexible to support a 24/7 manufacturing facility.

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Engineering with 8+ years of applicable industry experience; OR,
• Master’s degree in Life Sciences or Engineering with 6+ years of applicable industry experience; OR;
• PhD in Life Sciences or…