Automation Process Engineer

Pomona, United States

PSC Biotech provides the life sciences with essential services to ensure that health care products are developed, manufactured, and distributed to the highest standards, in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.

Our goal is to skyrocket our clients’ success, and you can be a part of our team’s achievements. Employing a global team of skilled professionals and experts that span across strategically located offices in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, we are proud of the roles we have fulfilled to help our clients achieve success.

The Experience

With operations spanning the globe and featuring a multi-cultural team, PSC Biotech is passionate about bringing the best and brightest together in an effort to form something truly special. When you decide join our team, you will be offered the ability to feel inspired in your career, explore your professional passions, and work alongside a group of people who will value and nurture your talents.

We are firm believers in coaching and developing the next generation of industry leaders and influencers. As such, you will not only be offered compensation and benefits structure that rewards you, but also be provided with the tools that will help you grow and learn.

At PSC Biotech, it’s about more than just a job—it’s about your career and your future.

Your Role

We are hiring an experienced Automation Process Engineer to join our team! The Automation Process Engineer will support the execution and lifecycle management of automation and computerized systems within a regulated life sciences environment. This role will be responsible for automation-related change controls, system documentation, commissioning and acceptance testing, risk assessments, and engineering project activities.

The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with PLC and process control system modifications, computerized system lifecycle documentation, and commissioning of automated equipment and systems.

• Generate, present, manage, and close Engineering Automation Change Controls associated with automation and equipment projects.
• Support automation changes involving Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Process Control Systems (PCS), PI Historian systems, Vantagepoint reporting, and equipment commissioning.
• Author and maintain computerized system lifecycle documentation, including User Requirements Specifications (URS), Functional Requirements Specifications/Functional Design Specifications (FRS/FDS), Configuration Specifications (CS), Software Design Specifications (SDS), Hardware Design Specifications (HDS), and Requirements Specifications (RS).
• Develop and update engineering documentation, including job plans, system drawings, calibration data sheets, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), work instructions (WRKs), and forms (FRMs).
• Draft, execute, and document Acceptance Testing and Commissioning protocols, including preparation of final reports.
• Initiate, manage, and support resolution of Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and project Issues Logs.
• Perform system and equipment risk assessments to identify and evaluate relevant Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) associated with system Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs).
• Provide project management support for automation and engineering initiatives, including coordination of project activities, documentation, deliverables, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Automation, Quality, Validation, Manufacturing, and other cross‑functional stakeholders to support successful project execution.
• Maintain project and system documentation in accordance with applicable site procedures and regulated‑industry requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Automation, Chemical…