CQV Engineer

Katalyst HealthCares and Life Sciences

$80K — $95K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of CQV experience, particularly with process equipment in a biomanufacturing setting.
  • Strong background in executing IQ and OQ qualification activities.
  • Experience with large-scale cell culture systems, particularly 20kL bioreactors.
  • Demonstrated ability to generate and execute validation documentation in ValGenesis.
  • Comfortable with downstream processes and associated equipment including harvest clarification and chromatography.

Responsibilities

  • Support CQV activities for a large-cap NPD project in a large-scale cell culture facility.
  • Execute qualifications and related documentation focusing on process equipment.
  • Utilize ValGenesis for validation documentation and execution.
  • Walk down and verify equipment diagrams against actual configurations.
  • Conduct wet testing and develop SIP/CIP cycles under manufacturing engineering guidance.

Benefits

  • Work in a cutting-edge biomanufacturing environment.
  • Collaborative second-shift team structure fostering independence yet ensuring support.
  • Engage with large-scale and complex bioprocessing systems.
  • Opportunity to lead and support compressed project schedules.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:
  • CQV resources supporting an NPD large-cap project modifying existing equipment and processes for future methods in an existing large-scale cell culture facility.
  • Focus on process equipment on the floor, walking systems down, and executing qualifications and related documentation.
  • ll validation documentation and execution in ValGenesis (e-validation platform), including one documentation-focused resource.

Most Important Skills Needed:
  • Strong CQV experience with process equipment; able to work independently, set their own pace and goals, and still maintain team structure on second shift.
  • Hands-on execution of IQ and OQ and traditional qualification activities, including:
  • Walking drawings down and verifying against field configuration.
  • TOPs for materials certifications.
  • Verifying maintenance systems are active.
  • Verifying process flow paths and operation per functional design.
  • Wet testing.
  • SIP/CIP cycle development for flow paths in coordination with manufacturing engineering.
  • Post-IQ/OQ activities:
  • Steam-in-place temperature mapping.
  • BI (biological indicator) training and retrieval.
  • Pulling process data and working with QC lab reports.
  • Generating, executing, and reporting on validation documentation in ValGenesis.
  • Experience / comfort working with:
  • Large-scale cell culture (20kL bioreactor; batches 8-16kL).
  • Downstream equipment: harvest clarification, viral filtration, ultrafiltration, buffer transfer, tank farms, chromatography.
  • Steam clean-in-place activities.
  • Strong GDP and project timeline execution; ability to support compressed schedule with 2-3 shift coverage.
  • No CSV or lab validation required (process/CQV focus only).

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