PI Data Historian & Integration Systems Engineer

Bachem; Vista (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Bachem Americas is seeking a PI Data Historian, Integration System Engineer to manage AVEVA PI Data Historian across manufacturing and IT/OT environments. You will ensure reliable, secure data collection and visualization between production equipment, automation systems, and enterprise applications in a GMP context.

The role includes site deployments, commissioning, validation, and continuous improvement with cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders to enable scalable digital

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field required.
• 4–6 years' hands-on PI Historian engineering and system integration experience in pharma manufacturing.
• Experience with AVEVA PI Data Historian stack including PI Server/AF/Vision and adapters.
• Strong knowledge of historian architecture, data integration, and analytics platforms.
• Experience integrating OT equipment with enterprise IT systems.
• Familiarity with CSV, GMP, data integrity, and validation practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage full lifecycle of AVEVA PI Data Historian systems (architecture, deployment, maintenance, upgrades).
• Support greenfield/brownfield site deployments for PI infrastructure.
• Design/implement historian and integration solutions across OT and IT.
• Lead system design, validation, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Develop scalable data models, tags, event frames, interfaces, and scripts.
• Lead incident/change/problem management and troubleshooting for data capture and retrieval.
• Ensure compliance, validation, and documentation per GMP/CSV standards.
• Administer 24/7 PI system reliability and disaster recovery readiness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to drive project execution.
• Provide SME guidance during audits and site assessments.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, information technology, automation engineering or related technical field

Tools

AVEVA PI Server

PI AF

PI Vision

Interfaces

Connectors

Adaptors

OPC DA/UA

Modbus

MQTT

BACnet

Ethernet/IP

PowerShell

Python

Windows Server

Active Directory

Job description

Bachem Americas is seeking a PI Data Historian, Integration System Engineer to manage AVEVA PI Data Historian across manufacturing and IT/OT environments. You will ensure reliable, secure data collection and visualization between production equipment, automation systems, and enterprise applications in a GMP context.

The role includes site deployments, commissioning, validation, and continuous improvement with cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders to enable scalable digital