SIMCA Online Engineer

1) Associate SIMCA Online Engineer

Experience: 0–2 years (or 1–3 years total exp; 6–12 months with SIMCA preferred)
Location: Onsite/Hybrid (Manufacturing/Process environment)
Reports To: Senior Associate / Manager

Role Summary

Supports deployment and maintenance of SIMCA Online for realtime multivariate monitoring. Assists in configuring models, setting up data connections (OPC/OPC UA, historians), and monitoring dashboards/alerts under guidance.

Key Responsibilities
- Configure SIMCA Online projects from validated SIMCA models (PCA/PLS).
- Set up tags/feeds from DCS/PLC/OPC UA and historian inputs (e.g., PI).
- Build basic dashboards, contribution plots, control charts, and straightforward alarm rules.
- Execute SOPs for batch/startstop, model swaps, and version updates.
- Perform firstline troubleshooting (data gaps, tag mapping, alarm noise).
- Maintain documentation: config records, change logs, and user guides.
- Partner with process engineers to triage deviations and raise tickets.

MustHave Skills
- Basics of MVDA: PCA, PCA Hotelling’s T, SPE/Q,



contribution analysis.
- Understanding of process data (signals, sampling, time alignment, missing data).
- Exposure to OPC/OPC UA, historians (PI/DeltaV/S7), CSV/data wrangling (Excel).
- Awareness of GxP/Part 11 concepts (audit trails, electronic records).

GoodtoHave
- SIMCA desktop experience (model import, preprocessing, scaling).
- Scripting for data prep (Python/MATLAB/R) – readonly utilities.
- Domain exposure: pharma/biotech/chemicals/F&B.;

KPIs
- Model deployment firsttimeright > 90%.
- Alarm accuracy (precision/recall) improvement quarteroverquarter.
- Mean time to acknowledge (MTTA) alarms within SLA.
- Compliance: 0 major deviations in audits.

Education

B.E./B.Tech/M.Sc. in Chemical/Biotech/Industrial/Instrumentation/Data Science (or related).

2) Senior Associate – SIMCA Online Specialist

Experience: 3–6 years total; 2+ years handson with SIMCA/SIMCA Online
Reports To: Manager / Lea

📌 SIMCA Online Engineer (Chennai)
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