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# Lead Engineer, Quality (Tech Lead)

- **Company:** Elanco Animal Health Incorporated
- **Location:** Indianapolis, IN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $70,000.0 - $95,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Java Development Kit, Rapid Prototyping Process, Release Management, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Information Technology, Enterprise Integration, VeevaVault, GXP
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59334859-lead-engineer-quality-tech-lead

## About the Role

* Education: Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field or equivalent experience.

 * Experience: Minimum of 5 years working in a regulated environment, i.e. pharma.

 * Proven ability to deliver complex platform enhancements and business process improvements.

 * Key Skills: hands-on software engineering, integrations, and platform configuration (Workflows, Security Models, Lifecycles).

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

 * Veeva Vault Administrator Certification or equivalent hands-on Vault JDK custom development and configuration experience strongly valued.

 * Experience leading major Quality platform implementations or enhancement initiatives.

 * Custom integrations with variety of enterprise and localized systems from the research lab to the manufacturing floor handling quality events (deviations, CAPAs, change control, etc.)
 * Experience supporting integrations, automation, analytics, AI, or digital transformation initiatives within regulated environments.

## Description

As the Senior Engineer, Quality (Tech Lead), you will serve as the technical authority for Elanco's Quality platforms and play a critical role in enabling and delivering strategic Quality initiatives. Working closely with Product Management, you will lead the design and implementation of complex platform capabilities that advance Elanco's digital quality vision.

Your Responsibilities:

 * Serve as the technical lead for Quality Oversight platforms, partnering with Product Management to collaboratively discover and orchestrate strategic platform enhancements and business initiatives that deliver value and outcomes.

 * Discover and design innovative solutions through rapid prototyping and feedback and demos that reduce fiction and toil for complex QMS and Quality workflows such as Deviation Management, CAPA, Change Control, Quality Events, Controlled Documents, Training, and related Quality processes.
 * Provide mentorship, coaching, and technical leadership and escalation for junior engineers.

 * Own and orchestrate technical validation and release management activities in regulated GxP environments guiding and transforming to CI/CD where possible.


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