Sr Equipment Validation Engineer - Contract

Position: Sr Equipment Validation Engineer, Req# 19005-1
Location: Irvine, CA (100% onsite)

Duration: 12+ monthcontract with a high possibility of extension

Job Description:

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• 5-7 years' experience required.
• Senior-level engineering contractor experience with a demonstrated ability to step in quickly and operate with minimal ramp-up.
• Hands-on equipment validation experience, particularly with machinery involving:
• Ovens and thermal systems
• Motors and rotating equipment
• Custom or complex electromechanical machinery
• Strong project management discipline— ability to plan, coordinate, and drive cross-functional workstreams to completion.
• Vendor management experience— proven track record of managing third-party vendors, driving accountability, and bridging internal expectations with external deliverables.
• Comfort working in less standardized environments where equipment is not off-the-shelf and validation approaches must be adapted.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Can independently structure and drive a validation effort from ambiguity to execution.
• Brings practical breadth across mechanical, rotating, and heat-based systems — not limited to purely software, documentation-only, or narrowly regulated validation work.
• Operates with enough seniority to manage ambiguity, push external partners, and bridge engineering execution with delivery management.
• Reduces the burden on the internal team by absorbing ownership and creating structure.

What Success Looks Like:

• The custom equipment is validated and qualified with clear, defensible results.
• The vendor-driven system design progresses on schedule with accountable deliverables.
• Internal stakeholders have reduced management overhead because the contractor owns coordination end-to-end.
• Both workstreams move forward in parallel without one blocking the other.

Additional Skills:

• Strong IQ, OQ, and PQ validation skills
• Strong Project Management of third party vendors for creating and implementing design solutions
• Experience designing and validating chemical mixing systems
• Creativity, verbal and written communication skills, analytical and problem solving ability.
• Team player and detail oriented.
• Ability to make sketches, engineering drawings and common computations.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics and computer-generated reports.
• Previous experience with computer applications and software related to the engineering field, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD).

Key Responsibilities: 

Equipment Validation -

• Lead formal qualification and validation of a highly customized mechanical/thermal equipment system.
• Apply structured validation discipline to non-standard, custom-built machinery with moving parts and heat-related operating conditions.
• Independently define validation scope, approach, and success criteria for equipment whose risk profile spans performance consistency, safety, and process reliability.

Project & Vendor Management -

• Act as the company-side lead coordinating an outside vendor through the design of a new system.
• Translate internal expectations into executable vendor deliverables and drive accountability throughout the engagement.
• Oversee implementation and deployment of the resulting system, not just design discussions.
• Keep workstreams on track across technical and external stakeholders.