Process Engineer

Work Location: Hybrid (with as-needed travel to Oak Ridge, Tennessee and/or Santa Clara, California)

Rate: Not Defined / need Candidate’s requested rate

Hours: 40+

The required qualifications are as follows:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or a related field

• 7+ years of experience in chemical engineering or a closely related discipline

• Experience designing, developing, and validating chemical process systems through multiple lifecycle stages

• Ability to develop process flow sheets, heat and material balances, P&IDs, and equipment specifications

• Strong technical writing skills; ability to produce documentation suitable for regulatory filings

Position Details: 

• Conduct design, development, prototyping, and validation work on chemical separation subsystems including pyro-processing, off-gas separation, and waste immobilization

• Define system and unit process requirements and validation methodologies; establish performance criteria, test protocols, and prototyping equipment

• Develop technical parameters and deploy and operate test systems to refine system design and operation

• Complete equipment sizing and specifications; develop instrument process data specifications

• Develop process flow sheets and heat and material balances using process simulation tools

• Develop and maintain process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)

• Generate documentation to guide fabrication, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of subsystems

• Serve as technical lead through multiple facility lifecycle stages

• Generate technical documentation for inclusion in regulatory filings

• Collaborate cross-functionally with facility design, unit process equipment, and licensing teams

Strongly Preferred:

• Proficiency with process simulation tools such as AspenTech, ChemCAD, Promax, or similar; familiarity with Python or Excel-based engineering analysis

• Experience deploying or scaling processes from pilot plant to industrial scale — greenfield and/or brownfield facilities

• Commercial or government nuclear industry experience

• Familiarity with pyro-processing, off-gas separation, or waste immobilization processes

• Experience generating documentation for nuclear licensing or other highly regulated environments

• Comfort operating as a technical lead in a startup or fast-paced engineering environment