Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Jobs

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Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) make sure manufacturing and lab processes meet regulatory GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards. QC tests product samples and generates the underlying data; QA reviews and approves the batch records, deviations, and processes against that data before product is released.

Common titles include Quality Assurance Associate, QA Specialist, QC Analyst, Quality Manager, and Director of Quality. Hiring comes from pharma and biotech manufacturing sites, CDMOs, and testing labs.

Entry-level QA/QC associate roles typically require a life-sciences degree (chemistry, biology, or pharmacy); manager and director-level roles require several years of GMP compliance experience. Like manufacturing, most of this work is tied to a physical site and is on-site rather than remote -- documentation-heavy quality-systems roles are the main exception.

Quality Jobs by Location

Indianapolis, United States 25
Hyderabad, India 24
Boston, United States 18
Renss, United States 16
Shanghai, China 16
Beijing, China 15
North Chicago, United States 14
Singapore, Singapore 13

Open Roles

Quality Control Technician 3 - 2nd Shift
Merck KGaA · St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Quality Control Associate
Roche · Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
QA Manager Assembly, Packaging & Ocular (befristet für 2 Jahre)
Roche · Kaiseraugst, Aargau, Switzerland
Quality Assurance Specialist
Merck KGaA · Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, United States
IMP QA Manager
Roche · Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
RBQM Strategic Lead
Roche · Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Engineering Quality Manager
Roche · Shanghai, Shanghai, China's Mainland
Directeur d'Unité Qualité Pharmaceutique et Médicale (d/f/m)
Roche · Paris, France
Senior PV Quality Director
Roche · Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
2027 Summer Intern - Quality, Regulatory, and External Affairs (QR&E)
Roche · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Quality Specialist 3
Merck KGaA · Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Associate Director – QA – LAPI
Lilly · Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Senior Software Engineer - Post Market Quality
Roche · Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Senior Lab Technician, Quality Control
NV Organon (Netherlands) · Nld, Netherlands
Assoc. Specialist Analytical Method Validation, Quality Control
NV Organon (Netherlands) · Nld, Netherlands
Technology Mgr, Quality Systems, Analyst
Johnson & Johnson · Raynham, United States
Tech Professional, Quality Systems, AI
Johnson & Johnson · Raynham, United States
Technology Manager, Quality Systems, BA
Johnson & Johnson · Raynham, United States
Sr Engineer – GenAI Quality Assurance
Johnson & Johnson · Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
Qualified Person
Johnson & Johnson · Sassenheim, Netherlands

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a pharmaceutical QA job pay?

Pay varies by role and seniority. Where an employer discloses a salary range, it's shown directly on the individual job listing.

What degree do you need for a quality assurance job?

A life-sciences degree -- chemistry, biology, or pharmacy -- is standard for entry-level QA/QC roles.

Are quality assurance jobs remote?

Mostly no -- QA/QC work is tied to reviewing batches and testing product at a manufacturing or lab site. Documentation-heavy quality-systems roles are the main exception.

What's the difference between QA and QC?

QC (quality control) tests samples and generates the underlying data. QA (quality assurance) reviews and approves the processes and records against that data to confirm everything meets GMP standards before product is released.