Validation Engineers

Also Called: Quality Assurance Engineer, Quality Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer

Bachelor's Degree

usually needed

Not Available
(Students Only)
Match Percentage

$65,320

Entry Salary

Bright

Job outlook

What Validation Engineers do

Design or plan protocols for equipment or processes to produce products meeting internal and external purity, safety, and quality requirements.

  • Study product characteristics or customer requirements to determine validation objectives and standards.
  • Analyze validation test data to determine whether systems or processes have met validation criteria or to identify root causes of production problems.
  • Develop validation master plans, process flow diagrams, test cases, or standard operating procedures.
Industry Areas:

Advanced Manufacturing • Construction • Renewable Resources and Energy

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Work Context

  • Electronic Mail
  • Face-to-Face Discussions
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  • Telephone

Tools

  • Network analyzers
  • Integrated circuit testers
  • Multimeters
  • Flow sensors
  • Frequency analyzers

Technology

Development environment software
Apache Ant
Go
Presentation software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Analytical or scientific software
Minitab
The MathWorks MATLAB

The Education & Training You Need

Skills

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Critical Thinking
  • Speaking
  • Writing
  • Active Listening

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology
product and service development
design
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
manufacture and distribution of products
Arts and Humanities
English language
Business
customer service

Education

  • 90% Bachelor's degree
  • 5% Associate's degree
  • 5% Master's degree

Experience

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

What are some related occupations at different educational levels?


Locomotive Engineers

Educational Level

High School Diploma or Equivalent

 Job Training Match

Aerospace Engineering & Operations Technologists & Technicians

Educational Level

Post-secondary, non-degree

Industrial Engineering Technologists & Technicians

Educational Level

Associate's Degree

Validation Engineers Currently Selected

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree

Geoscientists

Educational Level

Advanced Degree

What are your training options on the pathway to this occupation?

Advanced Training

There are currently no advanced training opportunities for this career.

ACT & College

  • Abilene Christian University

    Abilene, TX

  • Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management

    Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

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Are You a Good Fit?

Occupation Traits

    • Conventional (Organizer)
    • Investigative (Thinker)
    • Realistic (Doer)

Work Styles

  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Cooperation
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Values

  • Working Conditions
  • Achievement
  • Independence

Abilities

  • Verbal
  • Ideas and Logic
  • Math

This is what Validation Engineers across the country typically make.

$31.40 / hour
$65,320 /year

Entry Level

$47.78 / hour
$99,380 /year

Median Level

$68.38 / hour
$142,220 /year

Experienced Level

Income information reflects a regional average.
Income information reflects a national average.

This career’s National Job Outlook is

Bright

Please be sure to verify the outlook of this occupation with your instructor.

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