Senior/Staff Chemical Process Engineer
Core
Lead the development and deployment of state-of-the-art chemical refining processes for critical minerals to support energy, AI, and defense technologies.
Role type
Senior/Staff Chemical Process Engineer
Builds
Mineral refining scopes, capital project execution workflows, and automated plant optimization algorithms
Domain
Critical minerals supply chain, hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Chemical engineering fundamentals, metallurgical engineering, process engineering, heat and material balances, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), first-principles modeling of chemical reactors, brownfield modifications, greenfield design, EPC/EPCM experience
Preferred skills
Cross-functional collaboration with software and machine learning teams, lab to commercial scale design experience
Technologies
Chemical reactors, unit operations, automated plant optimization algorithms
Responsibilities
Lead process area and equipment scopes from concept through design, installation, commissioning, and handover; Manage external equipment providers and engineering companies; Build heat and material balances for integrated mineral refineries; Develop PFDs and P&IDs for mineral refineries; Identify and implement engineering solutions to optimize process designs
Seniority
Senior/Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope