CareerPlan

Principal Instrumentation Technician

US - Vacaville, CAFull-time$79k–$131k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Liaison between Instrument Services, MSAT, and Reliability Engineering to troubleshoot complex instrumentation issues, mentor staff, and drive maintenance optimization for pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Role type

Principal Instrumentation Technician (Senior IC with mentorship)

Builds

Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment uptime and quality compliance

Domain

Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Required skills

Industrial process instrumentation, control systems, analytical instrumentation, GMP compliance, root cause analysis, preventive maintenance, team leadership, technical training design

Preferred skills

Manufacturing process instrumentation, control systems, analytical instrumentation

Technologies

Track Wise, Veeva

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot complex instrumentation and mechanical equipment failures, serve as SME on Maintenance Optimization team, lead continuous improvement initiatives, conduct root cause assessments for process discrepancies, implement equipment and procedural improvements in Preventive Maintenance, coordinate work and deliver technical education, perform field audits to enforce quality execution