Process Engineer

Enexor BioEnergy, LLC; Franklin (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity opportunity

401(k) plan

Health insurance stipend

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

A climate tech company is seeking a Process Engineer to design and deploy next-generation waste-to-energy systems. The role requires strong mechanical skills, process modeling expertise, and an ability to work end-to-end on project execution. Candidates should have a B.S. or M.S. in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering and be adept at using Aspen Plus and AutoCAD. This position offers competitive compensation and the chance to impact clean energy solutions.

Qualifications

• 3–8 years designing and simulating adsorption or gas-separation processes.
• Hands-on experience sizing pressure vessels and piping networks.
• Deep understanding of mass-transfer and heat-transfer.

Responsibilities

• Design & simulate separation processes using process modeling software.
• Perform mass and energy balances for energy systems.
• Translate models into hardware and generate PFDs and P&IDs.

Skills

Process modeling expertise

Mechanical aptitude

Data analysis skills

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Aspen Plus

SolidWorks/Inventor

AutoCAD

Job description

Design the Backbone of Clean Energy & Carbon Conversion

Location: Franklin, TN (On-Site)
Type: Full-Time
Seniority: Mid to Senior Level / Technical Contributor

Join Enexor BioEnergy

Enexor is a venture-backed, early-stage climate tech company just outside of Nashville, TN, developing distributed systems that turn organic and plastic waste into clean energy and high-purity CO₂. We are reimagining how the world addresses emissions, waste, and energy access—one modular system at a time.

We’re not just solving problems. We’re redefining what’s possible at the intersection of engineering, energy, and sustainability.

Why This Role Matters

We’re hiring a Process Engineer with a strong mechanical foundation to help design and deploy our next-generation waste-to-energy and carbon capture systems.

This is not a modeling-only role. You'll work end-to-end—translating high-level process concepts to concrete designs by developing P&IDs, performing mass and energy balances, modeling processes, selecting hardware, guiding physical builds, and gaining insights from testing. By diving into technical challenges to turn concepts into reality, your work will sit at the core of how our systems perform in the real world.

This role is perfect for process design engineers with a systems background and strong mechanical intuition who want to own full process-mechanical design and get hands-on in fabrication, instrumentation, and deployment.

What You’ll Do

• Design & Simulate Separation Processes: Build and validate cyclic adsorption (TSA/PSA) flowsheets in process modeling software (including custom isotherm and kinetic models); analyze breakthrough curves, cycle efficiency, and heat integration.
• Perform Mass & Energy Balances: Develop detailed mass-energy balances for energy systems and carbon capture processes.
• Translate Models into Hardware: Generate PFDs and P&IDs from your process simulations; size pressure vessels, adsorption beds, heat exchangers, pumps/blowers, and piping networks based on process conditions.
• 3D CAD Layout & Mechanical Detailing: Create or review CAD assemblies and AutoCAD schematics to ensure the process equipment fits skid dimensions and meets requirements.
• Support Fabrication, Commissioning, & Testing: Work with the shop and controls teams to oversee fabrication, instrumentation, and loop checks; participate in testing development and data review.
• Data Analysis & Model Refinement: Use testing results to update simulation parameters and re-optimize cycle timings or hardware specs.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner daily with chemical, mechanical, and controls engineers plus technicians, aligning on control strategies, safety interlocks, and operational procedures.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify design-to-cost opportunities and reliability enhancements; propose material, cycle, or control refinements to boost capture rate and reduce parasitic loads.

What We’re Looking For

• Education: B.S. or M.S. in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with significant process modeling experience.
• Process Modeling: 3–8 years designing and simulating adsorption or gas-separation processes—expertise in Aspen Plus (including custom isotherms & dynamic cycles), gPROMS, or equivalent.
• Transport & Thermodynamics: Deep understanding of mass-transfer, reaction kinetics, heat-transfer, and property estimation methods.
• Experimental Validation: Proven ability to validate simulation and modeling results through lab-scale or pilot-scale experimentation—designing tests, analyzing data, and refining models accordingly.
• Mechanical Aptitude: Hands-on experience sizing pressure vessels, piping networks, heat exchangers, pumps, and blowers; experienced in SolidWorks/Inventor and AutoCAD.
• Field & Commissioning Experience: Familiarity with pilot-scale builds, instrumentation calibration, loop checks, and on-site troubleshooting.

Bonus Points For:

• Hands-on experience with cyclic adsorption systems (TSA/PSA) using Aspen Adsorption or equivalent.
• Designing modular or containerized process skids for rapid deployment.
• Control-system co-simulation (DCS/PLC loop tuning, model-based control strategies).
• CFD or multiphase-flow modeling to support detailed mechanical design.
• Scaling processes from pilot to demonstration or commercial units.
• Familiarity with gas-analysis instrumentation.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Mission with urgency: Your designs will help clean up emissions and generate real impact.
• Hands-on everything: If you’re not satisfied just modeling, you want to see your ideas come to life through building, testing, and owning full systems.
• Flat org, fast feedback: Make decisions, iterate quickly, and learn fast.
• Equity upside: Be part of a venture-backed team building breakthrough clean tech systems.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity opportunity in a fast-growing climate tech company.
• 401(k) plan and health insurance stipend (QSEHRA).
• Paid vacation and holidays.

Ready to Design Systems That Matter?

Send your resume and a brief note to [e-mail]. Highlight your experience with process-mechanical systems, gas treatment, or thermal integration.