About the role

Description & Requirements

External Job Description - English

Your Job

Koch Capabilities is seeking a Senior Validation Engineer to join our global Quality Assurance team. In this role, you will help deliver compliant, high-quality solutions for enterprise systems supporting consumer packaged goods and over-the-counter (OTC) product operations.

You will apply Computer System Validation (CSV) principles using a practical, risk-based approach while partnering with business, quality, and technology teams to ensure systems are fit for intended use and aligned with business and regulatory expectations. You will also play a key role in advancing test automation capabilities through Playwright to improve quality, efficiency, and reliability across enterprise platforms.

Our Team

Our team supports SAP landscapes and related enterprise applications that enable critical business processes across procurement, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain operations. We focus on validation, testing, automation, audit readiness, and continuous improvement while delivering scalable solutions that create value for the organization.

What You Will Do

Execute Computer System Validation (CSV) activities for SAP and related enterprise applications using a risk-based validation approach.
Partner with business stakeholders, quality teams, and technical teams to understand requirements, assess system impacts, and define validation strategies.
Develop and maintain validation documentation, including Validation Plans, IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, Traceability Matrices, and Validation Summary Reports.
Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases to validate system functionality and business processes.
Build, enhance, and maintain Playwright-based automation frameworks for UI and end-to-end testing.
Support SAP testing activities across functional areas, including purchasing, quality, manufacturing, and supply chain processes.
Participate in test planning, defect management, root cause analysis, and validation of corrective actions.
Ensure validation and testing deliverables support audit readiness and compliance expectations.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that increase testing efficiency, coverage, and quality.
Communicate project status, validation outcomes, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

4+ years of experience in Computer System Validation (CSV), software testing, or quality assurance.
Experience supporting regulated business systems within consumer products, OTC products, manufacturing, quality, or enterprise application environments.
Understanding of risk-based validation methodologies and validation lifecycle deliverables.
Experience creating and maintaining validation documentation, including validation plans, protocols, traceability matrices, and summary reports.
Hands-on experience testing SAP applications and enterprise business processes.
Experience developing test automation solutions using Playwright.
Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, and quality assurance best practices.
Experience performing API and UI testing.
Experience using test management and defect tracking tools such as qTest, Jira, ALM, or similar platforms.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

What Will Put You Ahead

Experience supporting CSV programs within SAP, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, consumer packaged goods, or OTC product environments.
Familiarity with FDA expectations applicable to regulated consumer products and quality systems.
Experience balancing compliance requirements with practical, efficient validation execution.
Experience with SAP S/4HANA and SAP Fiori applications.
Experience implementing test automation within CI/CD pipelines and DevOps environments.
Exposure to cloud-based platforms and modern testing technologies.
Experience supporting audits, inspections, and validation documentation reviews.
Knowledge of data validation, integration testing, and enterprise application testing strategies.