Biotech jobs for process, manufacturing and validation engineers in Austria

32 open roles for process, manufacturing and validation engineers at 10 biotech companies in Austria. 27 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 3 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 25 Oct 2026
open roles
32
companies
10
open to any nationality
84%
median stated pay
$54k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Novartis11100%3
Takeda Pharmaceutical617%
Anton Paar5100%
Valneva2100%
Bruker Corporation2100%
ZAUNERGROUP2100%
Bruker Cellular Analysis1100%
Pfizer1100%
Vetter1100%
Merck & Co.1100%

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Merck & Co.

msd.com
msd.com • HQ: Rahway, United States • Biologics & Biosimilars • Veterinary Medicine • Vaccines • Oncology Therapeutics • Prescription Drugs • 5000+ employees • Est. 1891 • Trust A • Hiring 782, 165 new
HQ: Rahway, United States • Biologics & Biosimilars • Veterinary Medicine • Vaccines • Oncology Therapeutics • Prescription Drugs • 5000+ employees • Est. 1891 • Trust A • Hiring 782, 165 new
Merck & Co. is an American pharmaceutical company founded in 1891 as the United States arm of the German firm Merck and made independent after the First World War, trading as MSD outside the United States and Canada. Its portfolio is dominated by the immuno-oncology drug Keytruda, alongside vaccines such as Gardasil and Vaxneuvance, hospital acute care products, and a large animal health business covering livestock and companion animals. The company is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and spends a very large share of revenue on research into oncology, infectious disease and cardiometabolic therapies.
Dean Li · President, Merck Research Laboratories · decision-maker
Robert Davis · Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
George Merck · Founder · founder
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3 days ago Hiring now · 88%

Specialist Quality Assurance (m/w/d)

$54k per year • Hybrid (Vienna, Austria) • Full-Time • GMP / cleanroom • German: B2 • English: B2
CAPA
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Anton Paar

anton-paar.com
anton-paar.com • HQ: Graz, Austria • Laboratory Equipment • Test & Measurement Instruments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1922 • Trust B • Hiring 170, 14 new
HQ: Graz, Austria • Laboratory Equipment • Test & Measurement Instruments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1922 • Trust B • Hiring 170, 14 new
Anton Paar is an Austrian maker of laboratory and process measuring instruments for density, concentration, rheology, material characterization and related analyses, headquartered in Graz. Founded in 1922 and owned by a charitable foundation, the company has subsidiaries in around 40 countries and serves customers in the beverage, food, chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. Its openings are mostly for field service engineers, territory and inside sales staff, technical sales consultants, IT consultants, accountants, machining specialists, warehouse staff and apprentices in Austria, Germany, France, Brazil and the United States.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 4 days ago Likely open · 63%

Fertigungstechnologe – Klebetechnik & Sensorfertigung (m/w/d)

$60k per year • In office (Graz, Austria) • Full-Time • Senior • German: C1
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 month ago Long shot · 10%

Konstrukteur mit Auslandsbereitschaft (w/m/d)

$47k per year • In office (Graz, Austria) • Full-Time • Junior • German: B2 • English: B2
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takeda.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Neurology & CNS Therapeutics • Rare Disease Therapeutics • Oncology Therapeutics • Prescription Drugs • 5000+ employees • Est. 1781 • Trust A • Hiring 1055, 88 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Neurology & CNS Therapeutics • Rare Disease Therapeutics • Oncology Therapeutics • Prescription Drugs • 5000+ employees • Est. 1781 • Trust A • Hiring 1055, 88 new
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is a global biopharmaceutical enterprise specializing in the research, development, and commercialization of targeted human therapeutics. The company focuses on core therapeutic areas including oncology, rare diseases, neuroscience, gastroenterology, plasma-derived therapies, and vaccines. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, it maintains extensive research, manufacturing, and commercial operations across more than 80 countries in Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, and Latin America.
No named decision-maker yet.
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5 days ago Likely open · 62%

Plant Engineering Lead (m/w/d), Hybrid

$77k per year (gross) • Lead • Hybrid (Vienna, Austria) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • GMP / cleanroom • Staff
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10 days ago Likely open · 52%

Supervisor Material Preparation (w/m/d), On Site

$58k per year • Hybrid (Vienna, Austria) • Full-Time • GMP / cleanroom • Citizenship or vetting required • German: B2 • English: B2
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Vetter

vetter-pharma.com
vetter-pharma.com • HQ: Ravensburg, Germany • Contract Manufacturing • CRO & CDMO Services • 5000+ employees • Est. 1950 • Hiring 83, 6 new
HQ: Ravensburg, Germany • Contract Manufacturing • CRO & CDMO Services • 5000+ employees • Est. 1950 • Hiring 83, 6 new
Vetter is a family-owned contract development and manufacturing organisation headquartered in Ravensburg, Germany, that provides aseptic filling, packaging and visual inspection of injectable drugs in syringes, cartridges and vials for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Its history goes back to 1950, when pharmacist Helmut Vetter founded the business in Ravensburg, and it now runs sites in Ravensburg, Langenargen and Saarlouis, in Austria and in the Chicago area, plus sales offices in Asia. It hires production and filling operators, laboratory technicians, validation engineers, utilities team leads, quality control staff, interns and dual-study students.
Titus Ottinger · Managing Directors · decision-maker
Henryk Badack · Managing Directors · decision-maker
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 7 days ago Hiring now · 95%

Qualitätssicherungsmitarbeiter Quality Oversight / Batch Record Review (m/w/d)

≈ $50k – $96k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Rankweil, Austria) • GMP / cleanroom • Senior • German: C1 • English: B2
Veeva
MedTech
CAPA
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Novartis

novartis.com
novartis.com • HQ: Basel, Switzerland • Oncology Therapeutics • Neurology & CNS Therapeutics • Immunology & Inflammation Therapeutics • Cardiometabolic Therapeutics • Prescription Drugs • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1996 • Trust B • Hiring 585, 94 new
HQ: Basel, Switzerland • Oncology Therapeutics • Neurology & CNS Therapeutics • Immunology & Inflammation Therapeutics • Cardiometabolic Therapeutics • Prescription Drugs • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1996 • Trust B • Hiring 585, 94 new
Novartis is a Swiss pharmaceutical company created in 1996 by the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz, two Basel chemical and drug houses with roots in the nineteenth century. It has spent the past decade narrowing itself into a pure innovative medicines business, spinning off its generics arm as Sandoz in 2023 and its eye care business as Alcon in 2019, and now concentrates on cardiovascular, immunology, neuroscience and oncology, including radioligand therapies and gene therapy. Headquartered in Basel and listed in Zurich and New York, it is among the largest research spenders in the industry.
Harry Kirsch · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Vas Narasimhan · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 1 day ago 11 days ago Likely open · 56%

Quality Assurance Compliance Expert (m/w/d)

$75k – $118k per year • Senior • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (Schaftenau, Austria) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • GMP / cleanroom • Senior • German • English: C1
Statistical Process Control
MedTech
CAPA
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Verified live · 1 day ago 17 days ago Likely open · 56%

Expert Downstream Process Development

$68k – $108k per year • Senior • Hybrid (Kundl, Austria) • Full-Time • Senior
SQL
Python
Chips/EDA
JMP
Life Sciences
Chromatography
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Valneva

valneva.com
valneva.com • Vienna • Lyon • Bethesda • Washington • Arlington • Vaccines • 501-1000 employees • NASDAQ: VALN • Hiring 9, 1 new
Vienna • Lyon • Bethesda • Washington • Arlington • Vaccines • 501-1000 employees • NASDAQ: VALN • Hiring 9, 1 new
Valneva is a specialty vaccine company focused on preventing infectious diseases with significant unmet medical needs.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 13 days ago Hiring now · 74%

Technical Assistant QC

$41k per year (gross) • In office (Vienna, Austria) • Full-Time • GMP / cleanroom • Hazardous materials • English
qPCR
ELISA
HPLC
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago Long shot · 20%

Sample Management Expert

$45k per year (gross) • Senior • In office (Vienna, Austria) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • GMP / cleanroom • Senior • German: C1 • English: C1
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Skills these roles ask for

GMP 12CAPA 4Design Controls 3Python 3SQL 3Chromatography 3JMP 3Microsoft Office 3SolidWorks 2Siemens NX 2Cell Culture 1qPCR 1ELISA 1HPLC 1Statistical Process Control 1Veeva 1

Where the roles are

Schaftenau 10Vienna 9Graz 8Kundl 1Rankweil 1

Other fields in Austria

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

27 of the 32 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which biotech companies hire most?

Novartis (11), Takeda Pharmaceutical (6), Anton Paar (5), Valneva (2), Bruker Corporation (2).

Which employers count as biotech companies?

Companies whose main business is biotechnology, drug discovery and development, cell and gene therapy, genomics, contract research and manufacturing (CRO, CDMO) or life science tools - and every role whose title names biotech work at any employer. Their sales, finance and office roles are left out: these pages list the science, engineering, data and IT roles.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 32 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 25 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0