Process Validation
Deep technical IC
Career Explorer · Quality, Regulatory & Product Safety · Validation
Entry: Validation EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Validation Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Validation EngineerIC1
- Validation EngineerIC2
- Senior Validation EngineerIC3
- Staff Validation EngineerIC4
- Principal Validation EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal Validation EngineerIC6
- Distinguished Validation EngineerIC7
- Fellow, Process ValidationIC8
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; employer career sites