Senior Process Engineer (Power Generation / Gas-to-Power)

Candid Intelligence; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful base + equity

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance (medical, dental, and

Vision

Wellness reimbursement

Job summary

Candid Intelligence is seeking a senior process engineer with hands-on power generation and gas-to-power project experience. You will perform real process engineering on FEL-2, act as the quality gate for automated outputs, and help shape product requirements for the software.

You’ll collaborate across Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, and Instrumentation teams to deliver early-phase packages. You’ll wear multiple hats, own critical checks, and drive practical engineering judgment to ensure

Qualifications

• 7+ years at large-scale EPC, PMC, or owner-operator on power projects.
• Direct experience on combined cycle, simple cycle, LNG, or cogeneration.
• Ownership of PFD and P&ID development through FEED.
• Strong fuel gas, balance of plant, and utility systems experience.
• Hands-on process simulation with listed tools.
• Fundamentals in relief, hydraulics, and equipment sizing.
• Knowledge of API, ASME, NFPA, ISA standards.
• Ability to spot inconsistencies across P&IDs and datasheets.
• Willingness to wear multiple hats and take action.

Responsibilities

• Do real process engineering on FEL-2 and early-phase delivery, owning parts our software can’t handle yet so projects ship.
• Be the quality gate on automated outputs: catch issues before they reach a client and feed improvements back to the product.
• Define how preconstruction process work is done on power and gas-to-power projects, and what good looks like.
• Review and validate process deliverables across early-phase packages: heat balances, fuel gas systems, balance of plant, utilities.
• Build repeatable checks that catch inconsistencies across key documents and handoffs.
• Map where rework happens, why it happens, and what inputs drive it.
• Clarify interface points with Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, and Instrumentation.
• Separate steps that are repetitive from those needing real engineering judgment.
• Help define checks, workflows, and product requirements to let software take on repetitive parts.

Skills

Power generation

Gas-to-power

PFD and P&ID

Process simulation

Aspen HYSYS

Aspen Plus

Thermoflow

GateCycle

API/ASME standards

Cross-discipline coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Aspen HYSYS

Aspen Plus

Thermoflow / GT PRO

GateCycle

Job description

What We’re Building

Candid is building the AI layer for EPCs.

We use AI to reduce the manual effort behind preconstruction engineering by automating document understanding, consistency checks, and repetitive workflow steps across major disciplines. Our goal is to make preconstruction 10x faster without sacrificing engineering quality.

We recently raised $6.5M from top AI and industrial investors (including Schneider Electric and Meta’s Chief AI Scientist). Our team includes engineers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, major LNG and power projects, and leading EPCs.

This Role

We’re hiring a senior process engineer who has actually delivered power generation and gas-to-power projects at a top EPC, PMC, or owner-operator. Think combined cycle, simple cycle and peakers, gas-to-power for data centers and behind-the-meter campuses, LNG, and cogeneration. If your career has been refining or petrochem with no power work, this isn’t the right fit.

This is a hands‑on role. You’ll do real process engineering on our delivery work for the parts our software can’t handle yet, you’ll be the quality check on what the software does produce, and you’ll shape where the product goes next. Three jobs in one, and the mix shifts as the product gets better.

What You’ll Do

This is hands‑on engineering plus product. Day to day you’ll:

• Do real process engineering on our FEL-2 and early‑phase delivery work, owning the parts our software can’t handle yet so projects ship
• Be the quality gate on Candid’s automated outputs: catch what’s wrong before it reaches a client, and feed it back so the product gets sharper
• Define how preconstruction process work actually gets done on power and gas-to‑power projects, and what “good” looks like
• Review and validate process deliverables across early‑phase packages: heat balances, fuel gas systems, balance of plant, utilities
• Build repeatable checks that catch inconsistencies across key documents and handoffs
• Map where rework happens, why it happens, and what inputs drive it
• Clarify interface points with Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, and Instrumentation
• Separate the steps that are genuinely repetitive from the ones that need real engineering judgment

You’ll help define the checks, workflows, and product requirements that let software take on the repetitive parts, with engineers in control.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years at a large scale EPC, PMC, or owner‑operator, with most of it on power generation or gas-to‑power
• Direct experience on combined cycle, simple cycle, gas‑to‑power, LNG, or cogeneration projects (not refining or petrochem only)
• You’ve personally owned PFD and P&ID development through FEED
• Strong on fuel gas systems, balance of plant, and utility systems
• Hands‑on with process simulation: Aspen HYSYS, Aspen Plus, Thermoflow / GT PRO, GateCycle, or similar
• Solid fundamentals in relief, hydraulics, and equipment sizing
• Working knowledge of API, ASME, NFPA, ISA, and relevant power codes
• You spot inconsistencies across P&IDs, datasheets, and vendor packages fast
• Clear understanding of cross‑discipline dependencies
• You’ve felt boxed in by big‑company process and you want out
• Comfortable with ambiguity and wearing multiple hats; bias to action over waiting for perfect

Nice to Have

• Discipline lead or technical authority experience
• Work on data center or behind‑the‑meter power campuses
• Flare system modeling and relief calculation packages
• Real interest in AI and automation

Who Thrives Here

You’ve outgrown the big‑firm machine. You’re tired of waiting three weeks for a markup to clear four layers of review, and tired of watching good work die in a stage gate. You want to own your scope end to end, see what you build actually ship, and have a direct line to the founders and the product instead of a 12‑person approval chain.

At Candid you’ll wear several hats and there’s no playbook handing you a defined lane. If that sounds like freedom, you’ll love it here. If it sounds like chaos, you won’t, and that’s okay.

Perks

• Meaningful base + equity
• Unlimited PTO. Great work needs recharging.
• Health insurance covering medical, dental, and vision
• Up to $150/mo health and wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, and similar)