6469 - Automation CQV Engineer / Senior Automation Engineer

Description Verista’s 500 experts team up with the world’s most recognizable brands in the life science industry to solve their business needs. The nature of our business is to empower growth and innovation within the scientific community and to help researchers, organizations, and companies solve some of the world’s most pressing healthcare challenges. Verista provides innovative solutions and services that empower informed decision-making and are the result of our significant investment in our people and our capabilities. Our ability to grow is driven by world-class people who thrive in a team environment and share our mission to enable life sciences clients to improve lives. Our talented and dedicated professionals are committed to making an impact every day. Company Culture Guidelines & Values: We empower and support our colleagues We commit to client success at every turn We have the courage to do the right thing We encourage an inclusive environment where our colleagues feel respected, engaged, and challenged. We constantly acquire new skills and learn from our experiences to enhance our collective expertise Job Overview: We are seeking an Automation and Controls CQV Engineer to provide independent technical oversight and hands-on support for vendor-controlled bioprocess equipment. This role does not necessarily require a full-time software developer, but it does require someone who can understand the controls configuration, evaluate vendor programming, troubleshoot system behavior and confirm that the equipment operates in accordance with approved process and functional requirements. The engineer will act as the technical bridge between the equipment vendor, Process Engineering, CQV and CSV teams. Senior Automation Engineer Responsibilities: Review the controls architecture for the TFF skid, bioreactor and associated systems.  Review PLC, HMI and SCADA design and configuration documentation.  Review functional specifications, control narratives, sequence descriptions and I/O lists.  Evaluate vendor programming and configuration against approved requirements.  Support or perform minor PLC/HMI configuration changes when authorized.  Review recipe, method, phase and sequence configuration.  Support PID-loop tuning and process-control optimization.  Verify analog and digital I/O behavior.  Support loop checks and field-device troubleshooting.  Challenge alarms, interlocks, permissives, equipment states and failure responses.  Verify startup, shutdown, hold, abort and recovery sequences.  Support recipe-transition and exception-path testing.  Review alarm priorities, limits, delays and operator messages.  Troubleshoot communications among controllers, HMIs, instruments and local databases.  Support FAT, SAT, commissioning and OQ execution.  Provide technical support during CSV testing of access controls, audit trails, records and configuration.  Review v...