Field Engineering Manager - Life Sciences
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Staff – Field Engineering Department /
Contract: Full-Time /
Hybrid
For nearly 30 years, SQA Services has been a leading provider of managed supplier quality services, offering audits, assessments, remote surveillance, corrective actions, remediation, inspections, and engineering solutions to manufacturers across all industries. We deliver these services by deploying a network of highly skilled associates based throughout the United States and in over 90 countries worldwide, ensuring rapid on-site support at your supplier locations. Our associates are expert quality assurance professionals with extensive experience and local expertise, enabling us to represent our clients on-demand and with greater speed and efficiency than our competitors.
You will be part of the Field Engineering team who manages the technical design, development and deployment of Life Sciences clients consulting, audit, remediation, and improvement programs. You will be involved in assuring that all stages of the lifecycle of product such as clinical, pre-production and commercial production and post market surveillance are compliant to regulatory guidelines and standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Scope client requirements and design tailored program plans focused on audit execution, compliance, and operational outcomes.
- Manage client-facing programs across all product stages—from clinical to post-market surveillance.
- Execute supplier qualification, validation, and maintenance programs.
- Conduct qualification and technical visits to vendor sites and provide supplier risk recommendations.
- Lead cross-functional teams in delivering GxP-compliant quality programs, including: deviation and change control, laboratory controls, process validation, equipment qualification, and CAPA.
- Create and maintain Quality and Technical Agreements in alignment with EU/FDA and global regulatory standards.
- Provide structured business planning to drive measurable program success and identify growth opportunities.
- Conduct data-driven program reviews and client presentations.
- Ensure SQA programs evolve with changing regulatory expectations.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a scientific or engineering discipline.
- Extensive GxP knowledge, with experience supporting programs from clinical development through post-market stages.
- Strong understanding of international regulatory compliance (EU, FDA, etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to scope client needs and convert them into effective programs.
- Experience managing audit-based programs and cross-functional quality initiatives.
- Managerial or higher-level leadership experience in field services or operations.
- Strong background in supplier quality, quality systems, and laboratory environments.
- 30% domestic and international travel
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience leading or supporting service-oriented client engagements.
- Experience in commissioning and equipment validation projects.
- Background as a laboratory director or in lab operations oversight.
- Experience in solid dose manufacturing, aseptic processes, and laboratory controls.
- Exposure to special services such as qualification, maintenance, and facility validation.
- Operational leadership in pharmaceutical environments.
- Established industry relationships and familiarity with potential clients.
$115,000 - $125,000 a year
+ 20% annual bonus based on OKR Performance and benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Quality is SQA’s culture and keeping the world safe is SQA’s mission. SQA employees empower
our partners with the expertise, professionals, and systems to proactively and predictively manage
supply chain risks, creating safer and more reliable products for end users.
SQA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with us is governed based on merit, competence
and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national
origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status,
mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
(*) To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii)
U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv)
Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.
Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
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