Senior validation engineer vs senior validation specialist

The differences between senior validation engineers and senior validation specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a senior validation engineer and a senior validation specialist. Additionally, a senior validation engineer has an average salary of $106,288, which is higher than the $94,914 average annual salary of a senior validation specialist.

The top three skills for a senior validation engineer include FDA, GMP and project management. The most important skills for a senior validation specialist are GMP, FDA, and QC.

Senior validation engineer vs senior validation specialist overview

	Senior Validation Engineer	Senior Validation Specialist
Yearly salary	$106,288	$94,914
Hourly rate	$51.10	$45.63
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	19,688	2,896
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 75%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	4	4

Senior validation engineer vs senior validation specialist salary

Senior validation engineers and senior validation specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Validation Engineer	Senior Validation Specialist
Average salary	$106,288	$94,914
Salary range	Between $80,000 And $140,000	Between $71,000 And $125,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Pleasanton, CA
Highest paying state	California	California
Best paying company	Apple	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Pharmaceutical

Differences between senior validation engineer and senior validation specialist education

There are a few differences between a senior validation engineer and a senior validation specialist in terms of educational background:

	Senior Validation Engineer	Senior Validation Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 75%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Biology
Most common college	Northeastern University	-

Senior validation engineer vs senior validation specialist demographics

Here are the differences between senior validation engineers' and senior validation specialists' demographics:

	Senior Validation Engineer	Senior Validation Specialist
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 77.6% Female, 22.4%	Male, 71.1% Female, 28.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.1% Asian, 20.4% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 4.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.5% Asian, 17.2% White, 63.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between senior validation engineer and senior validation specialist duties and responsibilities

Senior validation engineer example responsibilities.

Manage changes, deviations, investigations, and CAPAs via TrackWise.
Maintain and manage positive working relationships while assisting in all stages of CAPA management and resolution.
Manage all site validation activities including equipment qualification, management of outside validation consultants, change control and QA calibration approval.
Major focus are to review, participate in process validation, FMEA, remediation, IQ/OQ/PQ.
Develop validation protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ), write test scripts and lead process validation activities for various manufacturing processes.
Assess change controls, facility work orders and equipment risk assessments to ensure compliant/validate state of all GMP equipment and systems.

Senior validation specialist example responsibilities.

Work with end users from different departments, possess strong analytical and risk assessment skills and managing multiple GLP system projects.
Perform internal GMP audits for QC lab functions including reagents, solutions and standards
Define requirements for site CSV trainings.
Develop and write IQ/OQ/PQ protocols and validation plans.
Conduct IQ/OQ/PQ protocols for manufacturing, packaging and utility systems.
Provide validation packages for the orchestration of GMP facilities, equipment, process & product entering commercialization.

Senior validation engineer vs senior validation specialist skills

Common senior validation engineer skills

FDA, 8%
GMP, 7%
Project Management, 4%
Computer System, 4%
Cleaning Validation, 4%
Summary Reports, 4%

Common senior validation specialist skills

GMP, 9%
FDA, 8%
QC, 8%
Laboratory Equipment, 6%
QA, 6%
Validation Studies, 6%

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