Senior Process Engineer

Brightsmith; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FOAK Technology is seeking an experienced Process Engineer to bridge R&D, process development and project execution. The role focuses on taking a first-of-a-kind process from pilot scale through detailed engineering, commissioning and start-up to reach commercial production.

You’ll own process development, mass and energy balances, PFDs and P&IDs, equipment sizing and specification, and drive process safety through HAZOP, while coordinating with vendors and engineering teams to deliver the first

Qualifications

• Hands-on process engineer capable of bridging R&D, process development and project execution.
• Experience taking a new process from pilot scale toward commercial deployment.
• Familiarity with high-temperature processing, furnaces or thermal systems, gas/solids handling would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Process development and scale-up across pilot and commercial stages.
• Mass and energy balances, PFDs and P&IDs.
• Equipment sizing and specification, vendor coordination.
• Process safety and HAZOP, detailed engineering and commissioning.
• Commissioning and start-up of the first commercialization system.

Job description

Experienced Process Engineer | FOAK Technology | Scale-Up & Commercialization

An experienced Process Engineer opportunity with an early-stage Clean Energy technology company developing a first-of-a-kind process to produce graphite from natural gas.

The technology has been proven through R&D and pilot development, and the team is now moving toward its first commercial production system.

They’re looking for an experienced Process Engineer who can operate at the intersection of R&D, process development, and project execution, helping take a new process from pilot scale through detailed engineering, commissioning, and start-up.

The role will have significant ownership across:

• Process development and scale-up
• Mass & energy balances
• PFDs and P&IDs
• Equipment sizing and specification
• Process safety and HAZOP
• Detailed engineering and vendor coordination
• Commissioning and start-up

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on Process Engineer who has helped take a new process or technology from R&D/pilot scale toward commercial deployment.

You’ll likely come from a chemical/process engineering environment and be comfortable moving between technical process development and real-world project execution. Rather than only optimizing an established plant, you’ll have experience dealing with the ambiguity and engineering challenges that come with designing, scaling, and commercializing something new.

Experience in areas such as high-temperature processing, furnaces or thermal systems, gas/solids handling, carbon or graphite materials, hydrogen, petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, or other complex process technologies would translate particularly well.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building rather than maintaining, taking an emerging technology and helping turn it into a commercially operating process.