Process Systems Engineer
$110k - $180k+ Stock option grant
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's, Master's
Loveland, CO, USA
In Person
Mechanical EngineeringThermal & Fluids Engineering
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or a related discipline, with relevant experience at the level at which the candidate is hired.
- Strong command of thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and process-control fundamentals.
- Demonstrated experience testing and troubleshooting thermal-fluid or process systems in hardware.
- Experience with instrumentation, data acquisition, test planning, data analysis, P&IDs, operating procedures, and engineering-change definition.
- Ability to develop operating sequences, alarms, permissives, interlocks, and fault-protection requirements with controls engineers.
- Comfort working directly with technicians and engineers in a startup environment where systems and documentation evolve together.
Responsibilities
- Define test objectives, plans, procedures, acceptance criteria, instrumentation, and data-acquisition requirements across Pilot, Prototype, and 1 MW systems.
- Support test execution, analyze operating data, identify root causes, and define engineering changes that close performance and reliability gaps.
- Prepare systems for commissioning and resolve process, instrumentation, and controls issues during startup and operation.
- Develop operating sequences, operating envelopes, alarms, permissives, interlocks, fault protection, and recovery behavior with controls engineers.
- Translate process intent into clear controls requirements, instrumentation specifications, setpoints, and validation tests.
- Maintain and improve P&IDs, process requirements, test procedures, operating methods, and decision records.
- Convert test and operating learning into repeatable system designs, validated limits, and controlled engineering changes.
- Build a working model of the Pilot, Prototype, and 1 MW systems and independently support a test campaign or commissioning-readiness workstream in the first 90 days.
- By six months, own recurring test and troubleshooting work, close process or controls issues, and release the resulting procedures or engineering changes.
- By twelve months, establish a standardized process, operating method, or protection strategy that is validated in hardware and reused across systems.
Desired Qualifications
- An advanced degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience with industrial heat pumps, refrigeration, steam systems, process skids, HVAC equipment, or comparable thermal-fluid hardware.
- Experience with PLC-controlled equipment, controls commissioning, functional testing, or cause-and-effect development.
- Fluency with MATLAB, Python, EES, Aspen Plus/HYSYS, GT-SUITE, or comparable analysis tools.
- Experience taking prototype hardware through commissioning, qualification, production release, or field troubleshooting.
About the company
AtmosZero makes modular electrified boilers that generate decarbonized steam for industrial processes. The boilers convert electricity and ambient heat into steam, serving as a drop-in replacement for traditional fossil-fuel boilers and can be deployed in a plug-and-play, scalable way with optional leasing and maintenance. Compared with others, AtmosZero focuses on a straightforward path to decarbonization by offering a fossil-free, plug-and-play steam solution that fits existing plants with minimal changes. Its goal is to help heavy industries cut carbon emissions and achieve climate targets by providing practical, cost-effective zero-emission steam.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$32.7M
Headquarters
Loveland, Colorado
Founded
2021
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- New Belgium's 650-kilowatt pilot has delivered steam since May 2025, proving field operation.
- AtmosZero opened its 100,000-square-foot Loveland factory in 2025, targeting 100 units annually.
- Colorado and federal incentives supplied $3.2 million DOE funding and up to $24.3 million tax credits.
What critics are saying
- AtmosZero still targets volume deliveries in 2027, leaving a long commercial gap after pilot success.
- The New York Empire Technology Prize installation remains in negotiation, delaying a visible reference customer.
- If gas boiler incumbents and electric-resistance systems underprice Boiler 2.0, AtmosZero's factory becomes stranded.
What makes AtmosZero unique
- AtmosZero's Boiler 2.0 uses modular heat-pump steam, replacing combustion boilers in existing plants.
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries invested in March 2026, validating industrial OEM distribution and supply-chain access.
- R.F. MacDonald Co. partnership in February 2026 opens boiler-room sales channels across California and Nevada.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Federal Holidays
- Commuter Benefits