Top Process Engineer Jobs

Lead and improve manufacturing processes for FDA-regulated medical devices, support new product introductions, qualify equipment, author and execute validation and quality documentation (change controls, CAPAs), perform risk and gap assessments, and partner cross-functionally to drive cost savings and commercialization.

Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing processes, methods, quality, and production controls. Leads continuous improvement events, analyzes process and product data, performs root cause analysis, implements production optimization systems, supports certifications, and collaborates with equipment designers, manufacturing leadership, quality, and sales. The role requires in-person work in variable temperatures, physical facility activity, PPE, and occasional travel to other facilities.

Leads process engineering and consulting work for complex industrial capital projects. Develops scopes, discipline narratives, specifications, schedules, budgets, execution plans, and quality deliverables. Optimizes engineering solutions, manages project risks, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, delegates work, communicates with clients, and tracks project performance. May serve as project manager for smaller single-discipline or multidisciplinary projects.

Designs, specifies, and evaluates chemical process systems for feasibility, conceptual, and detailed engineering projects. Performs material and energy balances, develops PFDs and P&IDs, specifies equipment, evaluates design options, and ensures compliance with regulations and industry standards. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, clients, designers, and vendors; supports process safety, HAZOPs, troubleshooting, project scheduling, budgets, and start-up activities. Occasional travel to project sites is required.

Supports process engineering design for energy projects under lead engineer direction. Assists with process simulations, heat and material balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment sizing, process calculations, line lists, emissions summaries, relief valve calculations, and vendor data reviews. Coordinates with engineering disciplines, follows design standards, supports cost and schedule control, and develops familiarity with project scope, unit operations, EHS requirements, and process design methods.

Leads process engineering design and analysis for oil and gas projects, including conceptual design, FEED, detailed engineering, process simulations, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment sizing, safeguarding, and flare studies. Prepares technical deliverables, reviews vendor submissions, supports HAZOP and audits, coordinates across disciplines, manages scope and budgets, and guides engineers and designers.

Owns mechanical engineering for a modular chlorination and metal recovery plant. Responsibilities include specifying process equipment, piping, valves, materials of construction, and skid layouts; evaluating vendors; supporting factory acceptance testing; and overseeing installation, testing, pre-commissioning, and mechanical completion. The role requires corrosive-service equipment expertise, coordination with process engineers and contractors, site travel, and leadership across multiple future capital projects.

Lead process engineering for hydrometallurgical metal recovery projects from flowsheet development through plant commissioning. Develop mass, energy, and water balances; create techno-economic models; author PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, and operating procedures; size unit operations; run pilot campaigns; support scale-up, FEED, detailed engineering, commissioning, and startup. The role requires close collaboration with metallurgy teams and EPCM partners in a high-autonomy startup environment.

Leads critical-mineral hydrometallurgical projects from flowsheet development and techno-economic evaluation through pilot testing, detailed engineering, construction, vendor selection, and facility startup. Owns stage-gate decisions, process design, equipment specifications, EPCM coordination, brownfield integration, product qualification, and achieving nameplate production. Requires extensive autonomy, leadership, travel, relocation to Chattanooga, and occasional extended hours to meet project milestones.

Owns purification and distillation process development for critical-metal chlorination plants. Responsibilities include bench fractional distillation, continuous mini-pilot design and operation, column and condenser design, impurity separation, ppb-level product purification, performance-test protocol development, and commissioning the commercial distillation train. The role requires collaboration across chemistry, process engineering, analytics, and capital projects, with frequent extended hours and travel to the partner site for commissioning.

Scale mini-pilot results into the design basis for a first-of-a-kind metal chlorination and recovery plant. Own basic engineering deliverables including process flow diagrams, heat and material balances, equipment datasheets, materials selection, control philosophy, HAZOP preparation, utilities, and effluent summaries. Review detailed engineering, evaluate vendors, witness factory acceptance tests, support commissioning, execute performance testing, and develop operating procedures and training materials.

Improves manufacturing throughput, flow, process capability, and reliability using Lean Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Factory Physics, and data-driven experimentation. Analyzes bottlenecks, cycle time, WIP, yield, and throughput; implements process controls, error-proofing, and standard work; and partners with Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering teams to deliver sustainable improvements while maintaining safety and quality.

Leads the development, improvement, and maintenance of tire manufacturing processes. Evaluates production and laboratory data, establishes specifications, conducts experiments and trials, improves quality and productivity, reduces costs, and supports new product development. Investigates nonconforming materials, develops corrective actions, ensures compliance with standards, and collaborates with plant, technical center, and corporate teams. Uses statistical methods to solve complex process problems and mentors junior engineers.

Drives operational excellence and continuous improvement in a manufacturing business unit. Responsibilities include managing daily management systems, improving equipment reliability, analyzing KPI data, leading structured problem solving, developing employee capability, advancing digital tool adoption, managing small projects, leading capital initiatives, and supervising assigned team members. Collaborates with Operations, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Maintenance to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.

Senior Process Engineer supporting polymer product and process development from pilot scale through manufacturing readiness. Responsibilities include process equipment design, installation, commissioning, startup, process documentation, polymer technology scale-up, production trials, troubleshooting, statistical analysis, and continuous improvement. The role requires close collaboration with engineering, operations, maintenance, vendors, and global development teams, with a strong onsite plant presence in Akron, Ohio.

Supports polymer product scale-up and chemical plant process improvements across reaction, distillation, flash, and drying operations. Responsibilities include process optimization, statistical analysis, debottlenecking, process control improvements, production trials, capital project design, equipment commissioning, operating procedure development, and collaboration with operations, maintenance, vendors, and product development teams. The role requires strong plant presence and expertise in polymerization, process engineering, control systems, and chemical manufacturing.

Improve and support Configure to Order manufacturing processes, implement engineering changes, maintain SOPs and BOMs, support NPI and DFX analysis, define process requirements, maintain SFC systems with IT, train production and QA teams, and assist with customer requests, production tours, and audits.

Improve and support Configure to Order manufacturing processes, implement engineering changes, maintain SOPs and rework instructions, support NPI and DFX analysis, define process requirements, maintain SFC systems and BOMs, train production and QA teams, and assist with customer requests, production-line tours, and audits.

Analyzes business processes and technical requirements, designs and implements enterprise system integrations, and develops automated solutions for college operations. Administers Laserfiche workflows, Ellucian integrations, APIs, databases, scripts, applications, reports, and document-generation processes. Provides application configuration, testing, Level 2 support, training, user communication, process metrics, and technical research while maintaining accessible, consistent interfaces and supporting cross-functional improvement initiatives.

Designs and evaluates industrial wastewater treatment systems, including feasibility studies, process calculations, technical documentation, and treatment technology analysis. Supports project engineering, plant startup, commissioning, operator training, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis. Reviews wastewater operations data, monitors industry regulations and technologies, and communicates expertise through white papers, presentations, and customer engagements. The role requires coordination across multiple projects and up to 30% travel.

Develops and improves PCB plating and mechanical manufacturing processes. Analyzes performance metrics, implements process controls, improves yields and throughput, supports design for manufacturability and cost reduction, leads capital projects, and maintains process documentation. The role also oversees safety and environmental monitoring, collaborates cross-functionally, and applies Lean, SPC, statistical experimentation, and structured problem-solving methods.

Leads extrusion-focused process development, scale-up, commercialization, technology transfer, and manufacturing optimization. Designs and analyzes laboratory, pilot, and commercial trials; establishes process parameters, operating windows, controls, and qualification criteria. Supports equipment selection, commissioning, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, process improvement, and lifecycle activities. Collaborates with Product Development, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, EHS, Regulatory, and Commercial teams while documenting technical requirements, risks, reports, SOPs, and best practices.

Develop and optimize electrode manufacturing processes, establish production standards, analyze defects, improve quality, yield, and uptime, and support new process development. The role includes statistical process control, reliability testing, audit support, 4M change reviews, process documentation, investment planning, and collaboration with customers, vendors, and internal teams. Some on-call support is required.

Analyzes production support, warehouse, logistics, and material-flow processes to identify improvement opportunities. Develops Lean and Six Sigma process improvements focused on safety, quality, productivity, and cost reduction. Creates standard work documentation, monitors operational metrics, conducts root-cause analysis, supports warehouse layout and inventory-flow optimization, and leads continuous improvement projects. Collaborates cross-functionally on program launches, automation opportunities, operational compliance, and measurable performance improvements.

Owns front-end process integration for future DRAM technology nodes, including integration schemes, silicon DOEs, data analysis, root-cause resolution, device and process modeling, and technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing. Collaborates cross-functionally with process, device, yield, failure analysis, manufacturing, and quality teams to resolve technical issues and achieve development milestones.