New · posted Nov 13
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Pharmaceuticals
Sr. QA Technician
- Greenville, NC
- On-site
- Full-time
- Senior & Principal
The role
The Sr. Quality Technician, Provides direct quality support to ensure compliance with regulations that govern pharmaceuticals. Ensures the site operates in compliance with regulatory standards that ensures product quality, avoids stoppages and reinforces customer satisfaction. Typical shift hours are 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday through Friday with overtime expected.
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
What you need
- High school diploma or equivalent minimally required.
- Associates degree or higher in Science or Technology is preferred
- Required: Minimum of 2 years of experience in direct interaction with operations/laboratory or related STEM experience required; experience in Quality Assurance, Quality control or Operations/Manufacturing in a regulated industry and direct interaction with operations/laboratory is strongly preferred.
- Required: Experience in a cGMP environment
- Equivalent combinations of education, training, and meaningful work experience may be considered.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills (legible handwriting).
- Self-starter, mature, independent and reliable
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment quickly and easily
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment under pressure and able to multi-task.
- Effective time management and prioritization skills.
- Requires discretion and independent judgment.
- Highly effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work on a team and help lead that team to be successful and productive.
Physical Requirements
Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office locations. Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time Manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 10-35 pound pounds. Arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp and type for prolonged periods of time. Visual acuity to use a keyboard, computer monitor, operate equipment, and read materials for prolonged periods of time. Ability to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear for prolonged periods of time. Safety glasses, safety shoes, lab coat, nitrile or similar gloves, safety apron, organic respirator occasionally.
What you'll do
- Follows all job-related safety and other training requirements.
- Performs document reviews and makes determinations as to whether work performed meets current procedures and regulatory expectations.
- Communicates and coordinates with other departments as required to resolve issues and compliance concerns detected during review.
- Conducts risk assessments and take appropriate actions during quality oversight activities (e.g. during review/approval) to ensure adequate controls in relation to the level of product quality, safety and business risks.
- Advances deviation events to the appropriate area and quality management.
- Performs processes of moderate complexity, ensuring adherence to current regulations with little dependence on others.
Where you'll work
Greenville, NCOn-siteOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Days
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Location/Division Specific Information
As part of the Drug Product Division (DPD), the Greenville, North Carolina site is a multi-purpose pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, and packaging campus. The operation specializes in taking both sterile injectable and oral solid dose drug products from development phase through to commercialization.
Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · November 13, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
Senior & Principal roles in the US63 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| All US (middle half) | $93,250 | $117,000 | $147,500 |
Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Assurance roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, November 13, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Quality Assurance
The general path across 334 open Quality Assurance roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Thermo Fisher's own promotion track.
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 23 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Collaboration and leadership7
- GMP and compliance4
- Documentation and SOPs2
- Lab testing and methods1
- Investigations and CAPA1
- Quality systems and risk1
- Data and digital systems1
Regulatory intelligence
The rules, regulations and standards behind this role
The regulations, guidance and standards that govern Quality Assurance work in pharmaceuticals, led by the one this posting names, each linked to the agency or standards body that publishes it.
- FDA21 CFR Parts 210 and 211(official source, opens in a new tab)FDA current good manufacturing practice for finished pharmaceuticalsNamed in the posting
- ICHICH Q10(official source, opens in a new tab)The pharmaceutical quality system across the product lifecycle
- ICHICH Q9(R1)(official source, opens in a new tab)Quality risk management
- FDA21 CFR Part 11(official source, opens in a new tab)FDA rules for electronic records and electronic signatures
- FDAFDA aseptic processing guidance(official source, opens in a new tab)Sterile Drug Products Produced by Aseptic Processing: Current Good Manufacturing Practice
- FDAFDA data integrity guidance(official source, opens in a new tab)Data Integrity and Compliance With Drug CGMP: Questions and Answers
- EUEU GMP (EudraLex Volume 4)(official source, opens in a new tab)The EU's good manufacturing practice rules, including Annex 1 sterile and Annex 15 validation
- FDAFDA quality agreements guidance(official source, opens in a new tab)Contract Manufacturing Arrangements for Drugs: Quality Agreements
- ICHICH Q7(official source, opens in a new tab)Good manufacturing practice for active pharmaceutical ingredients
- FDA21 CFR Part 7(official source, opens in a new tab)FDA enforcement policy, including product recalls
- FDAFDA Investigations Operations Manual(official source, opens in a new tab)How FDA investigators plan and conduct inspections
- PIC/SPIC/S(official source, opens in a new tab)The Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme and its GMP guide
- FDA21 CFR 314.70(official source, opens in a new tab)Supplements and other changes to an approved application (post-approval CMC changes)
- ISOISO 19011(official source, opens in a new tab)Guidelines for auditing management systems
- EDQMEuropean Pharmacopoeia(official source, opens in a new tab)The Ph. Eur. quality standards for medicines in Europe, published by the EDQM
- USPUSP–NF(official source, opens in a new tab)US Pharmacopeia general chapters and monographs, such as <61> bioburden, <85> endotoxin, <1225> validation
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Sr. QA Technician at Thermo Fisher
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