Lead Automation Validation Engineer

KPI Solutions•Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

Lead Automation Validation Engineer provides technical leadership for validation execution, mentoring engineers and ensuring high-quality protocol development and testing. Executes validation activities for complex automation systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline.
7+ years validation engineering experience with protocol authorship.
Demonstrated leadership in regulated commissioning/qualification projects.
Proficiency in PLCs, Java, Python, or C++
Experience with automation tools and frameworks.
Proficiency in navigating AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and Navisworks.
Must possess strong communications skills with an ability to communicate directly with technical team members and executive management team.
Must possess the ability to manage multiple timelines and complete tasks quickly within the constraints of timelines and budgets.
Must possess the ability to work effectively as an individual and part of a senior team.
This position supervises teams of 4-6 and is responsible for providing input to the Senior Manager of the department of performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading validation for automated systems.
Mentoring or team lead experience.

Responsibilities

Lead development of validation strategies, protocols, and reports (IQ/OQ/PQ).
Project-level validation owner.
Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Software teams to ensure seamless project delivery.
Apply standards and templates to project execution.
Approves project validation deliverables and Summary Reports.
Guide Validation Engineers in test execution and deviation management.
Support hardware/software integration and end-to-end system qualification.
Collaborate with project teams to resolve technical validation challenges.
Collaborate with controls and software engineering to develop the User Acceptance Testing Plan during the engineering phase.
Collaborate with controls and electrical engineering to develop the controls DOO for complex automation systems.
Execute end-to-end system OQ and PQ testing at project sites for complex automation systems.
Prepares Validation Summary Reports and manages defect resolution through completion.
Hours are calculated based on 25-30% of overall project hours spent in office and 70-75% of overall project hours spent in the field. Hours in the field will be spent with 10 days on the job site and 4 days off at home. A typical two weeks of ‘field time’ will look like this: