Quality Engineer - Medical Device - Contract
VTI Life Sciences
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VTI Life Sciences seeks a Medical Device Quality Engineer for an approximately four-month contract project in Pendleton, South Carolina. The engineer will coordinate and execute validation activities for special processes and manufacturing equipment, including laser marking, laser welding, and grinders. The role also involves reviewing validation protocols and reports, compiling validation packages, supporting SOP development, and leading or assisting with investigations.
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Quality Engineer – Medical Device -Contract
VTI Life Sciences (VTI) is seeking a forward-thinking and ambitious Medical Device Quality Engineer looking to accelerate their careers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. We offer an opportunity to support our teams of industry subject matter experts and thought leaders while consulting with leading companies in the Life Sciences industry.
The successful candidate will lead and coordinate validation execution activities with operations and engineering teams for special processes.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
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Location: Pendleton, SC
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Start date: Monday, November 2nd
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Length of Project: Approximately 4 months
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Employment Classification: Contract
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Inspecting, Review Protocols, Support, SOP Development, Feedback, Execution
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Equipment: Grinders, Laser Welders
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Lead and coordinate validation execution activities with operations and engineering teams for special process related areas (Laser marking, Laser welding).
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Review equipment validation protocols (IQ, OQ, PQ) and reports for equipment used for manufacturing medical devices such as metal instruments/ implants, ABS/Peek instruments/implants.
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Execute validation protocols for manufacturing equipment such as Laser marking, Laser welding, grinders
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Compile executed validation packages.
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Support SOP development
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Perform and assist in any validation activities but not limited to: SOP, Work instruction, forms, templates.
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Lead and write deviation investigations related to validations or assist in non-conformances/CAPA investigations.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience
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Minimum 2+ years of experience in GMP-regulated Medical Device industry
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Hands-on experience writing and executing validation protocols
Key Competencies
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Strong technical writing and documentation skills
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Excellent organizational and project coordination abilities
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Ability to communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary IT teams
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Detail-oriented with strong compliance mindset
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Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
VTI Life Sciences strives to maintain and inspire professional excellence by providing Commissioning, Qualification, Quality Engineering, Automation and Validation Services to the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Biologics and Medical Device industries. VTI offers professional development, training, competitive compensation, excellent benefits, a matching 401K, plus a stimulating and collaborative work environment. We are committed to providing exciting career opportunities in a work environment that values trust, respect, openness, teamwork, creative talent, enthusiasm and diligence.
As one of the leading global Commissioning, Qualification and Validation Services organizations, VTI is always looking for innovative, talented and experienced validation professionals for our multinational and global offices. We offer some of the best salary and benefit packages in the industry for our full-time/permanent employees. www.validation.org
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,845 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- South Carolina median$90–127K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$40–46/hr153 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 65 open Quality Engineer jobs in South Carolina and 2,845 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in South Carolina
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,307 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,648 of the 2,845 open Quality Engineer jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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