
Lead Engineer, Quality (Tech Lead)
Elanco · Indianapolis, IN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $130k–$150k
- Travel
- 10%
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at Elanco (pharma & life sciences) in Indianapolis, IN. 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.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- CAPA, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Automation
- Base pay
- $130k–$150k
- Day to day
- about 10% travel · relocation help
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Indiana: typical posted base $97k–$145k. This one lists $130k–$150k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 41 quality engineer openings in Indiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Indiana plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 40 other live quality postings in Indiana.
- Base pay
- About 16% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (5+ vs 7+)
Typical $97k–$145k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 71%
- SPC 51%
- FMEA 51%
- Control plans 49%
- New product launch 39%
- PPAP 39%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Elanco
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- The posting says about 10% travel. Between which sites?
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This plant: Elanco in Indianapolis
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Full description from ElancoAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Your Role: Senior Engineer, Quality (Tech Lead)
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.
to Succeed (minimum qualifications)
- ✓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.
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At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Additional Information
Travel: 10%
Location: US - Indianapolis - Hybrid Work Environment
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
- •Multiple relocation packages
- •Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
- •8-week parental leave
- •9 Employee Resource Groups
- •Annual bonus offering
- •Flexible work arrangements
- •Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco currently anticipates that the base salary for this position could range from $130,000 to $150,000 USD depending partly on the successful candidate’s qualifications, including education and experience. Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending partly on company and individual performance). Additionally, Elanco offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees that includes a company-matching 401(k); vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities). Of course, the compensation is subject to change and could be higher or lower than the range described above. Elanco reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion, and Elanco’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Elanco employees. Estimated application closing date is September 15, 2026. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
Elanco may use automated tools, including AI, to support parts of our recruitment process, such as reviewing applications against job‑related criteria and/or transferrable skills. These tools help ensure a consistent, structured evaluation, but they do not
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