Senior Process Engineer – Lab-to-Scale Minerals R&D

DISA Tech; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DISA Tech seeks a Senior Process Engineer to lead a team in developing and optimizing HPSA technology for minerals processing, tailings remediation, and resource recovery. You will conduct heavy lab work, generate high-quality data, and inform process design for commercialization across multiple markets.

You will collaborate with internal teams, consultants, and partners to support R&D, pilot campaigns, and field deployments in a dynamic startup environment.

Qualifications

• Strong mineral processing and process engineering knowledge.
• Hands-on lab testing, instrumentation, sample analysis.
• Experience with DOE, SPC, data analysis and experimental design.
• Familiarity with lab-to-production scale-up and process troubleshooting.
• Safety protocols: OSHA/MSHA/EPA and lab best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of process engineers and junior staff.
• Collaborate with lab managers on testing schedules, equipment maintenance and safety.
• Design and execute lab and pilot-scale experiments to generate robust data.
• Prepare process engineering deliverables: PFDs, mass balance, P&IDs, control philosophy.
• Support transition of lab findings into scalable field and commercial applications.
• Assist with commissioning, troubleshooting, and optimization of process control systems.
• Communicate results through technical reports and presentations.
• Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, and environmental performance.

Skills

Mineral processing

Laboratory testing

DOE

SPC

Data analysis

Lab-to-field transfer

Communication

Safety protocols

Tools

MATLAB

Minitab

AutoCAD

Metsim

JKSimMet

Job description

DISA Tech seeks a Senior Process Engineer to lead a team in developing and optimizing HPSA technology for minerals processing, tailings remediation, and resource recovery. You will conduct heavy lab work, generate high-quality data, and inform process design for commercialization across multiple markets.

You will collaborate with internal teams, consultants, and partners to support R&D, pilot campaigns, and field deployments in a dynamic startup environment.