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Validation Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 40+ validation jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 13 new this week. Hiring companies include Graphcore, Sanofi, and Amgen.

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9-day fortnights 10
generous PTO 16
unlimited PTO 11
best places to work 3

Updated September 13, 2026

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White Glove Field Technician

1mo

Myriad360 · Remote · New York, NY +2 more

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Sensors Team Lead

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior SLT Test Engineer

1mo

Graphcore · Remote · USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Operator, Engineering Specialist

NEW

21h

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Palm Bay, USA

63 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer - Military GPS Receivers

NEW

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Yorba Linda, CA, USA

63 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Specialist, Integration and Test Engineer

NEW

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Palm Bay, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Automation Engineer

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Sanofi · Hybrid · Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

59 · GoodGenerous PTO€79k – €105kPro · early access

Automation Engineer

NEW

Sanofi · Hybrid · Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

59 · GoodGenerous PTO€79k – €105kPro · early access

Principal/Senior Principal Validation Engineer

NEW

Genentech · Onsite · Holly Springs, NC, USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$95k – $212k

Specialist Mfg 1

NEW

Amgen · Onsite · Hyderabad, India

59 · GoodGenerous PTOPro · early access

Software Engineering Internship

United Launch Alliance · Onsite · Centennial, CO, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Associate Engineer - Commissioning, Qualification, Validation (CQV)

Merck · Onsite · Rahway, NJ, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$72k – $113k

Industrialization Manager

Sanofi · Hybrid · Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

59 · GoodGenerous PTO€79k – €105k

Principal Engineer - Device/Combination Product Sterilization

Genentech · Hybrid · South San Francisco, CA or King of Prussia, PA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$110k – $203k

Lead Systems Engineer, Space RF Systems

AV · Onsite · Albuquerque, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight$112k – $170k

Systems Engineer

15d

Boeing · Onsite · Seal Beach, CA +4 more

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$165k – $239k

Systems Engineer

15d

Boeing · Onsite · Seal Beach, CA +4 more

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$112k – $198k

Staff Robotics Engineer

Graphcore · Hybrid · Austin, TX, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Principal Systems Engineer - Stores Ejection

19d

Cobham Ultra · Hybrid · Cheltenham, England, UK

69 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Software Quality Engineer 2

1mo

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Centennial, CO, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

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Employers hiring for Validation on this page include Graphcore, Sanofi, and Amgen. Validation roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Validation is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Validation roles span the full seniority range — we list 40 open roles requiring Validation across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Validation hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Validation roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Validation candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Validation on current listings.

Validation Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 40+ validation jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 13 new this week. Hiring companies include Graphcore, Sanofi, and Amgen.

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