Validation Engineer - Project Farma

PerkinElmer; United States; Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

PerkinElmer seeks a Validation Engineer for Project Farma offering a full-time role to support project execution. The candidate should be willing to travel and contribute to project-level success by ensuring high-quality deliverables in compliance with regulatory standards.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree and offers an annual salary range of $68,000 to $80,000.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years in consulting and/or engineering services.
• Willingness to travel up to 100% for client projects.
• Ability to work in the United States full time; no visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Execute specific technical tasks within a project.
• Perform CQV tasks under the Site Lead’s guidance.
• Ensure tasks meet client specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Author technical documents: SOPs, requirements specifications, testing protocols.
• Communicate with clients professionally and escalate issues as needed.

Skills

Technical Delivery

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Customer Focus & Professionalism

Collaboration & Communication

Project Execution

Growth Mindset

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Life Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Job description

Job Title

Validation Engineer - Project Farma

Location

Customer Site - IN

Job Description

This is a full time salaried position with Project Farma, a PerkinElmer company. The successful candidate will reside in one of Project Farma’s primary markets and be willing to travel domestically to meet client project requests. Project Farma’s purpose is to improve patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies. The Validation Engineer I/II is an early-career professional responsible for supporting project execution through technical contribution, analysis, and problem solving within defined scope and guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute specific technical tasks within a project, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Perform CQV tasks, such as protocol development or equipment testing, under the Site Lead’s guidance; report technical issues and support resolution efforts.
• Ensure tasks meet client specifications, regulatory requirements (FDA, GMP), and industry standards.
• Author technical documents: SOPs, requirements specifications, testing protocols, summary reports.
• Identify and close individual knowledge gaps with support from other team members or leads as needed.
• Execute system and process validation protocols using GxP best practices.
• Support necessary billables as forecasted by site dashboards on billable targets per month.
• Report workload or skill gaps within assigned tasks.
• Focus on professional development and support team collaboration under the Site Lead’s guidance.
• Share technical knowledge with peers to support project delivery.
• Contribute to project-level success by delivering high-quality work that supports business growth opportunities.
• Build meaningful internal and external relationships; present Project Farma as a service to clients as needed.
• Communicate with clients professionally; ensure feedback or opportunities identified are escalated properly.
• Maintain professional relationships with project team members and client POCs at the operational level.
• Maintain 100% individual billability by completing assigned project tasks; Escalate any roadblocks on achieving billable targets to the site lead.

Attributes for Success

• Technical Delivery: applies advanced technical knowledge and professional expertise.
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement: seeks better ways, adapts to change and champions new ideas.
• Customer Focus & Professionalism: represents PF with consistent professionalism, appropriate escalation and respect for internal stakeholders.
• Integrity & Humility: demonstrates self-awareness and puts PF mission above ego.
• Collaboration & Communication: communicates clearly and proactively and drives transparent alignment with clients.
• Project Execution: delivers reliably, manages priorities and drives for high-quality outcomes.
• Growth Mindset: shows openness to new ideas, feedback and change.

Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Science, Engineering, or related discipline (or a combination of equivalent work experience in capital project engineering, pharma cGMP facility start-up, CapEx/OpEx project management and/or comparable military experience).
• 0-2 years in consulting and/or engineering services.
• Willingness to travel up to 100% or as required for client projects.
• Ability to work in the United States full time; no visa sponsorship.
• Valid driver’s license.

Compensation

The annual compensation range for this full time position is $68,000 to $80,000. The final base pay offered to the successful candidate will be determined by factors including internal equity, work location, as well as individual qualifications.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Project Farma is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full time basis. We will not sponsor applicants for current or future work visas for this position.

This position may require significant travel to support project and business needs. We cannot employ anyone with an invalid driver’s license.