Demo

Automation Validation Engineer

JSat Automation
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 10/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/29/2025
JSat Automation is hiring an Automation Validation Engineer for their San Diego Office. This position may travel up to 40% to client sites.

This Engineer will be responsible for the following 
  • Design and develop manufacturing control systems in support of process operations.
  • Interact with client personnel to identify and analyze continuous improvement through automation upgrades.
  • Develop validation documents per FDA cGMP and GAMP standards, functional specifications, design specifications and requirements trace matrices.
  • Design, program, test and validate process control automation systems.
  • Prepare and execute validation protocols (AIQ, IQ, OQ) for 21 CFR Part 11 compliance per FDA requirements
  • Manage, document, and implement these upgrades through changes control procedures.
  • Execute capital projects including but not limited to:
  • Control system software development
  • Control system hardware design
  • Network design
  • MES system implementation
  • Recipe management
  • User requirement specification development
  • Process equipment installations.
  • SOP development and training on Automation Systems.
  • Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve field control system issues.
  • Develop, review, and / or execute automation qualification and validation protocols.
  • Design, develop, and implement technical solutions by establishing integration strategies, configuring and programming PLCs, DCSs as well as design, build, install and integrate automation control system hardware, panels and field devices.
  • Up to 40% travel to client sites


Requirements

  • We require a minimum BS Degree in Engineering (Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, Chemical, etc.) or equivalent with 0 to 7 months experience in process industry. 
  • Experience in Control Systems (Emerson DeltaV, Allen Bradley, Foxboro, Siemens, Honeywell). Experience with SCADA, MES, and database systems, or computer system validation are considered a plus. 


Benefits

Salary DOE: The pay range for this position is $75k - $125k per year; however, base pay may be higher or lower depending on the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This figure does not include additional compensation such as health benefits, vacation, etc..  

Salary : $75,000 - $125,000

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Automation Validation Engineer?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Automation Validation Engineer career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$96,211 - $107,713
Income Estimation: 
$115,275 - $131,105
Income Estimation: 
$56,898 - $76,005
Income Estimation: 
$96,211 - $107,713
Income Estimation: 
$115,275 - $131,105
Income Estimation: 
$135,136 - $164,847

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs with skills like those required for the Automation Validation Engineer.

Click the checkbox next to the jobs that you are interested in.

  • Instrument Control Skill

    • Income Estimation: $64,022 - $86,170
    • Income Estimation: $67,230 - $94,734
  • Precision Measurement Skill

    • Income Estimation: $63,993 - $81,891
    • Income Estimation: $65,036 - $81,971
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at JSat Automation

JSat Automation
Hired Organization Address Oakland, CA Full Time
JSat Automation is hiring a Senior/ Lead Automation Engineer with Emerson DeltaV and Syncade experience. Requirements Pr...
JSat Automation
Hired Organization Address Concord, MA Full Time
JSat Automation is hiring an Automation Support and Validation Engineer with 0-2 years of experience. We are looking to ...
JSat Automation
Hired Organization Address Blue Bell, PA Full Time
We are hiring an Automation and Infrastructure Engineer for a full time position. Support the design and installation of...
JSat Automation
Hired Organization Address Thousand Oaks, CA Full Time
JSat Automation is hiring an Automation Support Engineer with 0-2 years of experience. We are looking to train someone o...

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Automation Validation Engineer jobs in the San Diego, CA area that may be a better fit.

Automation and Validation Engineer

PSC Biotech® Corporation, San Diego, CA

Senior Automation Engineer

KAPS Automation Solution LLC, Oceanside, CA

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!