Principal Engineer

Posted 12 Days Ago
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Bedford, MA, USA
In-Office
127K-159K Annually
Expert/Leader
Software • Energy
The Role
Develop and maintain thermodynamic and transport property modeling software for AspenTech products. Design algorithms (flash, regression, estimation), research new technologies, provide technical leadership, and collaborate with product teams to translate customer needs into robust application solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The RoleAspen Technology, a business unit inside Emerson Corporation, is a leading industrial software company, serving over 3,000 customers with over $1 billion in annual revenue, more than 60 locations worldwide, and nearly 4,000 employees. AspenTech solutions address complex environments where it is critical to optimize the asset design, operation and maintenance lifecycle. Through AspenTech’s unique combination of deep domain expertise and award-winning innovative software suites, customers in asset-intensive industries can improve their operational excellence while achieving sustainability goals.
The AspenTech Performance Engineering Solution provides a market leading integrated suite of products to optimize the performance of process industry assets across the CAPEX and OPEX cycles and is powered by flagship process modeling products such as Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus with a proven track record of value creation over several decades.

Your Impact

We are seeking a highly motivated chemical engineer to research, develop and maintain thermodynamic and transport property modeling software for our market-leading process modeling products. The successful candidate will utilize his/her expertise in the area of thermodynamic and transport properties modeling to support various AspenTech products, including Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus.

Application Development: Design, develop, maintain, and support engineering software solutions for modeling thermodynamic and transport properties for the chemical and petroleum industry, including flash algorithms, data regression, property estimation, and more.

Research: Investigate new and developing technologies as they appear in industry and in academia to determine how to leverage these technologies within our software applications.

Technical Leadership: act as the subject matter expert for the use of physical property calculations within our software applications, leading engineers to develop robust solutions.

Collaboration: work with product managers, designers, and developesr needs to understand customer needs and translate them into .application solutions.

What You'll Need
  • 10+ years of industrial or academic experience in developing thermodynamic or transport property models.
  • Strong coding skills in either C++, C, or FORTRAN. 
  • Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, with a preference for a PhD.
  • Experience in process engineering and optimization will be extremely important including real life user experience of AspenTech Performance Engineering products such Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus. 
  • Strong math and analytical skills. 
  • Problem solving skills and an attention to detail.
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
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The salary range for this role is $127,000.00 - $158,700.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of industrial or academic experience in developing thermodynamic or transport property models
  • Master's degree in Chemical Engineering
  • PhD in Chemical Engineering
  • Strong coding skills in C++, C, or FORTRAN
  • Experience in process engineering and optimization, including real-life user experience with Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus
  • Strong math and analytical skills
  • Problem solving skills and attention to detail
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally

Aspen Technology Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Aspen Technology and has not been reviewed or approved by Aspen Technology.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is described as strong, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans and high-quality carrier options. Several recent remarks characterize the health insurance as "great" or "amazing," with low copays noted in some cases.
  • Parental & Family Support Maternity and paternity leave receive consistently positive mentions and are characterized as well-reviewed. Company materials also highlight family-oriented benefits alongside core coverage.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth The package includes vacation/PTO, paid holidays, and sick leave, with multiple indications of generous paid time off. Dedicated volunteer hours and well-regarded leave policies reinforce breadth in time-away benefits.

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The Company
HQ: Bedford, MA
2,466 Employees

What We Do

AspenTech is a global leader in asset optimization software helping the world’s leading industrial companies run their operations more safely, efficiently and reliably – enabling innovation while reducing waste and impact on the environment. AspenTech software accelerates and maximizes value gained from digital transformation initiatives with a holistic approach to the asset lifecycle and supply chain. By introducing effective AI modeling to traditional principles of process engineering, AspenTech delivers a faster and more accurate analysis of efficiency and performance boundaries. The real-time data and actionable insights delivered by our software help customers push the boundaries of what’s possible.

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