Scale-Up Process Engineer—Pilot Plants & Automation

Polymer; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Health, dental, vision, and life insur

401(k) with company matching

Flexible PTO and holidays

Health/fitness stipend

Diverse and supportive team

Job summary

ChemFinity Technologies in New York seeks a scale-up engineer to lead the design, build, and integration of pilot-scale mineral recovery systems. You’ll collaborate with engineers, chemists, co-founders, and external partners to move from lab to industrial scale, delivering high-purity products and reliable pilot units.

Responsibilities include unit design, commissioning, automation oversight, process modeling support, documentation, and on-site work at the Brooklyn facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical/ mining/ mechanical engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in building deployable pilot systems or industrial chemical separations technologies.
• Experience scaling up mineral recovery or sorbent technologies is a strong plus.
• Experience programming systems automation and process controls.
• Experience in project management and interfacing with external partners.
• Hands-on experience building, operating, and troubleshooting equipment.
• Commitment to high safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, commission, and validate pilot-scale process units of mineral recovery systems.
• Integrate process units for continuous processing and recovery of critical minerals with high-purity products.
• Oversee the automation and controls of recovery system prototypes.
• Support the modeling of recovery systems to determine process variable sensitivities for pilot- and demo-scale systems.
• Work with external partners to determine design requirements and sources for pilot plant operations.
• Prepare and manage documentation including flowsheets, equipment and process design criteria, technical reports, and SOPs.
• Perform full-time hands-on work on-site at our Brooklyn facility.

Skills

Pilot systems

Process controls programming

Project management

Scale-up planning

Equipment troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical/related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Aspen

Job description

ChemFinity Technologies in New York seeks a scale-up engineer to lead the design, build, and integration of pilot-scale mineral recovery systems. You’ll collaborate with engineers, chemists, co-founders, and external partners to move from lab to industrial scale, delivering high-purity products and reliable pilot units.

Responsibilities include unit design, commissioning, automation oversight, process modeling support, documentation, and on-site work at the Brooklyn facility.