CQV Engineers (Multiple Levels)

PSC Biotech; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PSC Biotech is seeking CQV and Validation Engineers at multiple experience levels to support pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing projects, including facility, utility, equipment, automation, and process validation activities in GMP environments.

Successful candidates will contribute to protocol development, field execution, and documentation while collaborating with engineering, quality, manufacturing, automation, and project teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Biotechnology, Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or related technical discipline.
• Experience in biopharmaceutical, cell culture, biologics, vaccine, or sterile manufacturing facilities.
• Experience with Kneat Gx (digital validation platform).
• Experience with Facility/Utility/Equipment/Automation Qualification, Cleaning Validation, or CSV processes.
• Familiarity with MES/SCADA/PLC systems and data integrity programs.

Responsibilities

• Author, review, execute, and close commissioning, qualification, and validation protocols and reports.
• Support installation, operational, and performance verification activities for facilities and systems.
• Perform field testing and document results per quality standards; assist with data analysis and reports.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, risk assessments, testing activities, and validation deliverables.
• Coordinate with engineers, QA, automation, and project teams to support execution and turnover.

Skills

Kneat Gx

GMP Validation

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MES

SCADA

PLC

CSV

Job description

Minneapolis, United States | Posted on 09/22/2026

PSC Biotech provides the life sciences with essential services to ensure that health care products are developed, manufactured, and distributed to the highest standards, in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.

Our goal is to skyrocket our clients’ success, and you can be a part of our team’s achievements. Employing a global team of skilled professionals and experts that span across strategically located offices in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, we are proud of the roles we have fulfilled to help our clients achieve success.

The Experience

With operations spanning the globe and featuring a multi-cultural team, PSC Biotech® is passionate about bringing the best and brightest together in an effort to form something truly special. When you decide join our team, you will be offered the ability to feel inspired in your career, explore your professional passions, and work alongside a group of people who will value and nurture your talents.

We are firm believers in coaching and developing the next generation of industry leaders and influencers. As such, you will not only be offered compensation and benefits structure that rewards you, but also be provided with the tools that will help you grow and learn.

At PSC Biotech®, it’s about more than just a job—it’s about your career and your future.

Your Role

We are seeking CQV and Validation Engineers at multiple experience levels to support pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing projects involving facility, utility, equipment, automation, and process validation activities. These positions will play a key role in commissioning, qualification, and validation efforts associated with manufacturing expansions, new product introductions, capital projects, and operational readiness initiatives within regulated GMP environments.

Successful candidates will contribute to protocol development, field execution, discrepancy resolution, and documentation activities while working closely with engineering, quality, manufacturing, automation, and project teams. Opportunities are available for entry-level through senior-level professionals, with responsibilities scaled according to experience and technical expertise.

Candidates must have prior experience working within Kneat Gx.

Validation Execution & Documentation

• Author, review, execute, and close commissioning, qualification, and validation protocols and reports.
• Support installation, operational, and performance verification activities for facilities, utilities, equipment, and manufacturing systems.
• Execute field testing and document results in accordance with established quality and documentation standards.
• Assist with protocol revisions, data analysis, and final report generation.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, risk assessments, testing activities, and validation deliverables.

Project Support

• Coordinate with project engineers, manufacturing personnel, quality representatives, automation engineers, and vendors during project execution.
• Support project schedules, execution plans, and commissioning readiness activities.
• Participate in project meetings and provide status updates regarding assigned deliverables.
• Assist with turnover, startup, and operational readiness activities.

Quality & Compliance

• Follow approved procedures, validation strategies, standard operating procedures, and Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
• Support investigations, deviations, discrepancies, and corrective action activities.
• Ensure documentation is completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Contribute to inspection readiness and audit support activities.
  

Requirements

All Levels:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Biotechnology, Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience within biopharmaceutical, cell culture, biologics, vaccine, or sterile manufacturing facilities.
• Experience with the digital validation platforms Kneat Gx required.
• Experience supporting one or more of the following:
• Facility Qualification
• Utility Qualification
• Equipment Qualification
• Cleaning Validation
• Computerized Systems Validation (CSV)
• Temperature Mapping
• Automation Validation
• Experience with manufacturing execution systems (MES), SCADA, PLC-controlled systems, data integrity programs, or other GMP automation platforms.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with onsite support during commissioning, startup, and peak execution periods

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement

PSC is committed to is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity with respect to all employees, interns, and applicants for employment. Consistent with this commitment, our policy is to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws concerning employment discrimination. Accordingly, the company prohibits discrimination against qualified employees, interns and applicants in all aspects of employment including, but not limited to: recruitment, interviewing, hiring (or failure or refusal to hire), evaluation, compensation, promotion, job assignment, transfer, demotion, training, leaves of absence, layoff, benefits, use of facilities, working conditions, termination and employer-sponsored activities and programs, including wellness, social and recreational programs. Employment decisions will be made without regard to an applicant’s, employee’s, or intern’s actual or perceived: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.