Senior Validation Engineer – CQV for Biopharma Equipment

Dawar Consulting, Inc.; Oceanside (CA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Sick Leave

401K

Job summary

Dawar Consulting, Inc. supports a world-leading biotechnology client in Oceanside, CA, seeking a Senior Validation Engineer - CQV. The role centers on equipment qualification and cleaning validation for stainless steel and single-use manufacturing processes.

The ideal candidate has 8–10+ years of hands-on validation experience in a cGMP biopharma setting, with IQ/OQ/PQ, CIP/SIP, and cleaning validation expertise. This is a long-term contract position in Oceanside, CA.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of direct validation engineering experience in a cGMP biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
• Hands-on authoring and executing IQ/OQ/PQ protocols.
• Direct experience with cleaning validation and cleaning verification.
• Working knowledge of CIP/SIP systems, residue limits, and recovery studies.
• Experience with stainless steel and single-use manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Author, review, and execute equipment qualification protocols (IQ, OQ, PQ).
• Develop and execute cleaning validation and cleaning verification protocols.
• Perform sampling, visual inspections, and coordinate analytical testing (TOC, conductivity, bioburden, endotoxin).
• Support qualification of biopharmaceutical manufacturing equipment (bioreactors, chromatography skids, TFF systems, autoclaves).
• Evaluate validation results against acceptance criteria and document findings.

Skills

Validation engineering

IQ/OQ/PQ

cGMP knowledge

Analytical testing coordination

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical/Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering or related

Job description

Dawar Consulting, Inc. supports a world-leading biotechnology client in Oceanside, CA, seeking a Senior Validation Engineer - CQV. The role centers on equipment qualification and cleaning validation for stainless steel and single-use manufacturing processes.

The ideal candidate has 8–10+ years of hands-on validation experience in a cGMP biopharma setting, with IQ/OQ/PQ, CIP/SIP, and cleaning validation expertise. This is a long-term contract position in Oceanside, CA.