Member of Technical Staff, Process Engineering

Outerport; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Outerport, based in San Francisco, is seeking candidates skilled in process engineering. The role involves providing product feedback, participating in customer meetings, and building prototypes for industries such as chemical manufacturing and semiconductor equipment.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in EPC and related fields, with experience in process design and using simulation tools. The position offers opportunities to contribute to scaling data pipelines and product development.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in process engineering or related industries.
• Experience in writing and reviewing process deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to derive actionable insights from complex data sets.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback on product deliverables and new product directions.
• Participate in customer meetings as a subject matter expert.
• Build agents and prototypes for manufacturing use cases.
• Help scale up data pipelines from simulations and real hardware.

Skills

Process design

Equipment selection

Techno-economic tradeoff analyses

HAZOP analyses

Simulation tools (Aspen HYSYS, COMSOL, Simulink)

Statistical process control methods

Tools

Aspen HYSYS

COMSOL

Simulink

Hexagon Smart P&ID

TCAD

EDA

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for candidates with experience working in process engineering and related roles across EPC, chemical manufacturing, heavy industries, and semiconductor equipment & manufacturing. You help build products and agents that help various functions within these industries, and provide expert feedback and design guidance as well as aid in prototyping for product features.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback on product deliverables for our customers as well as new product directions
• Participate in meetings with our customers as a subject matter expert
• Build agents and various prototypes for use cases in EPC, chemical manufacturing, heavy industries, and semiconductor equipment & manufacturing
• Help scale up our data pipelines from both simulations as well as real hardware

Required Qualifications

• Professional experience in EPC, chemical manufacturing, heavy industries, and semiconductor equipment & manufacturing, or related industries

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in process design, equipment selection, techno-economic tradeoff analyses, HAZOP analyses, etc
• Experience writing and reviewing process deliverables such as P&IDs, mass & energy balances, equipment sizing calculations, etc
• Experience using various simulation tools (Aspen HYSYS, COMSOL, Simulink, Hexagon Smart P&ID, TCAD, EDA)
• Experience designing and executing experiments, interpreting complex results, and deriving actionable insights from data sets to optimize manufacturing processes
• Experience in statistical process control methods