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Validation Engineers

$96.35K Median Salary 23.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 13.7% Job Growth

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About This Career

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

Reported Job Titles

Corporate Quality Engineer, Product Quality Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer, Quality Engineer, Quality Management Systems Engineer, Reliability Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer, Validation Specialist

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Abilities

Deductive Reasoning

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Near Vision

Category Flexibility

Information Ordering

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Mathematical Reasoning

Fluency of Ideas

Number Facility

Flexibility of Closure

Originality

Perceptual Speed

Selective Attention

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology

Production and Processing

English Language

Customer and Personal Service

Mathematics

Design

Mechanical

Education and Training

Administration and Management

Computers and Electronics

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Critical Thinking

Speaking

Writing

Active Listening

Monitoring

Complex Problem Solving

Science

Active Learning

Judgment and Decision Making

Mathematics

Operations Monitoring

Social Perceptiveness

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Coordination

Learning Strategies

Operations Analysis

Quality Control Analysis

Time Management

Technology Skills

Development environment software

Presentation software

Analytical or scientific software

Operating system software

Data base management system software

Object or component oriented development software

Data base user interface and query software

Web platform development software

Program testing software

Configuration management software

Application server software

Electronic mail software

Enterprise application integration software

Computer aided design CAD software

Network monitoring software

File versioning software

Cloud-based management software

Spreadsheet software

Content workflow software

Object oriented data base management software

Expert system software

Document management software

Portal server software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software

Compliance software

Project management software

Industrial control software

Process mapping and design software

Tools

Network analyzers

Integrated circuit testers

Multimeters

Flow sensors

Frequency analyzers

Thermal conductivity analyzers

Gel documentation systems

Spectrophotometers

Pressure sensors

Protocol analyzers

Microcontrollers

Oscilloscopes

Abilities

Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Development environment software: Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Data base management system software: Apache Solr; Elasticsearch; MySQL
Object or component oriented development software: Oracle Java
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Web platform development software: Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Program testing software: Selenium
Configuration management software: Chef; IBM Software Configuration and Library Manager SCLM; Perforce Helix software; Puppet
Application server software: Oracle WebLogic Server
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise application integration software: Electronic Data Interchange EDI systems
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Network monitoring software: Nagios; Wireshark
File versioning software: Apache Subversion SVN; Continuous integration software; Git; Version control software
Cloud-based management software: Splunk Enterprise
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Content workflow software: Atlassian JIRA
Object oriented data base management software: Hibernate ORM; PostgreSQL
Expert system software: MASterMind
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Portal server software: Apache HTTP Server
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software: Virtual private networking VPN software
Compliance software: ESS Compliance Suite; Mannus Compliance: EHS; Primatech AUDITWorks
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Industrial control software: Industrial Scientific iNET; QuestSuite Professional
Process mapping and design software: Microsoft Visio