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Quality Control Specialist II (m/f/d)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · 🇺🇸 Schaftenau
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Sponsor Radar — Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
The US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Salary Range: €60,978.00 - €95,800.00 Job Description Summary #LI-Onsite Location: Schaftenau, Austria Relocation Support: This role is based in Schaftenau, Austria. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible. As a QC Specialist, you will play a key role within the QCMD team, supporting reliable laboratory operations and ensuring compliance with high quality standards. Your responsibilities will include monitoring laboratory testing activities, supporting laboratory analysts, reviewing QC analyses, handling deviations, and contributing to GxP compliance, audits, and continuous process improvements. You will help ensure that laboratory processes run smoothly, efficiently, and in line with regulatory requirements. Through your work, you will make an important contribution to the safe and reliable delivery of our products to patients. We believe that curious, ambitious, and collaborative people can develop innovative solutions and make bold decisions together in an inspiring environment. Join one of our teams and bring your expertise and commitment to a workplace where they will be valued and supported. Job Description We are looking for candidates with relevant laboratory experience, very good German skills, good English skills, and a resilient, solution-oriented, and team-oriented working style! Major Accountabilities • Oversee production and testing activities to ensure compliance with cGxP , including data integrity and eCompliance requirements. • Review and approve QC testing results , production documentation, QC records, and AS&T records. • Support exception, deviation, and investigation processes, ensuring timely follow-up and appropriate documentation. • Ensure QC activities are executed according to applicable GMP, GxP, regulatory, and internal quality standards . • Support batch release activities in compliance with GMP, registration, and license requirements. • Contribute to audit and inspection readiness, including support during GxP audits and regulatory inspections. • Ensure analytical equipment qualification, calibration status, and laboratory documentation are maintained according to requirements. • Support operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality, efficiency, cost, and delivery performance. Obligatory Requirements : • Education as a Lab Technician or similar qualification, or a university degree in a scientific or technical field such as chemistry, pharmacy, biology, or related discipline. • Professional experience in a pharmaceutical laboratory, QC, QA, analytics, or equivalent GMP-regulated environment . • Strong knowledge of GMP, GxP standards, quality control testing, quality assurance, and quality documentation . • Good understanding of laboratory equipment , analytical processes, data integrity, and compliance expectations. • Ability to manage ambiguity, and support investigations, deviations, CAPAs, and continuous improvement activities. • Good communication skills in German and English , with the ability to collaborate across QC, QA, production, AS&T, and operational teams. Rewards At Novartis, we’re committed to reimagining medicine together - and rewarding the people who make it happen. In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development opportunities as well as worldwide career possibilities within the Novartis group. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is € 59,781.96 EUR /year (on a full-time basis). We also offer a potential market oriented excess payme