Process Development Engineer – Water Treatment & Scale-Up

Xylem Water Solutions Netherlands; Tewksbury (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

401(k) with company contribution

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Xylem is seeking a Process Development Engineer to join the Sentec Treatment team in Tewksbury, MA. The role focuses on developing, optimizing, and scaling water treatment processes from lab to industrial scale, collaborating with R&D, product management, operations and manufacturing.

The successful candidate will hold a chemical/mechanical engineering or physics background, bring hands-on pilot systems experience, and contribute to process documentation and scale-up strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or related field.
• 1–5+ years of experience in process development, preferably in water treatment or adjacent technologies.
• Strong first principles understanding of chemistry, fluid dynamics and mass transfer.
• Hands-on experience with pilot systems, instrumentation, and data acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate process performance and risk profiles of third party technology providers via data analysis, lab experiments and field validation.
• Design and develop bench-scale, pilot-scale and full-scale processes for evaluation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to understand business needs and enable technology transfer.
• Develop process documentation including P&IDs, SOPs, control strategies, and scale-up plans.
• Lead pilot testing at customer sites or internal facilities, including setup, operation and troubleshooting.
• Support scale implementations by quantifying technical and commercial benefits.

Skills

Chemistry

Fluid dynamics

Mass transfer

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

Education

Chemical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Physics

Tools

Pilot systems

Instrumentation

Data acquisition

Job description

Xylem is seeking a Process Development Engineer to join the Sentec Treatment team in Tewksbury, MA. The role focuses on developing, optimizing, and scaling water treatment processes from lab to industrial scale, collaborating with R&D, product management, operations and manufacturing.

The successful candidate will hold a chemical/mechanical engineering or physics background, bring hands-on pilot systems experience, and contribute to process documentation and scale-up strategies.