Manufacturing & Process EngineeringProcess Engineering
About the job
Requirements
A B.S., M.S., or PhD in Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline is required.
At least 5 years of professional experience in chemical process development is required.
High proficiency with bench-top synthesis methods and laboratory practices is required.
Basic analytical chemistry experience with NMR, HPLC, GC-MS, and FTIR is required.
Ability to work hands-on in laboratory, fabrication, and plant environments is required.
Ability to lift 50 lbs is required.
Must be a U.S. Person and able to obtain a security clearance.
Must be able to work on-site and travel as needed.
To meet U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Responsibilities
Identify, design, and execute rigorous lab experiments, generating reliable data for reaction and unit-operation design and scale-up.
Develop and optimize core synthesis and downstream processing, evaluate technical pathways, and justify decisions using experimental results, process modeling, cost, and scale-up constraints.
Become the subject-matter expert on selected reaction steps and unit operations using research, vendor insight, and experiments.
Develop a deep understanding of the manufacturing process and support design and optimization of the pilot and demonstration plants.
Integrate hazard analysis and thermal and stability considerations into development with a rigorous process-safety mindset.
Desired Qualifications
Experience with continuous-flow or microreactor chemistry and reaction scale-up.
Analytical chemistry experience for quality control, including familiarity with method development on HPLC, IC, NMR, ICP-OES/MS, DSC/TGA, or similar methods.
Ability to assemble, modify, and troubleshoot lab- and pilot-scale systems.
Prior experience developing energetic materials, propellants, or other regulated or high-hazard chemistries, or transferable process-chemistry experience from pharma, fine or specialty chemicals, or CDMO process development.
Practical mechanical and industrial-site experience with pilot-scale and larger process equipment and plant troubleshooting.
AT Process Technologies (ATP) is a pioneering manufacturing company focused on the development and deployment of modular energetics production plants. Using breakthrough chemistry and automation that operates continuously and generates little to no waste, ATP is expanding energetics production to meet the munitions demands of the US and Allies safely, rapidly, and cost effectively.
Summary
We are seeking a process development chemist to own and execute the research, development, optimization, and piloting of our energetic materials synthesis. This position will play a foundational role in defining ATP’s production strategy and requires a background in reaction development and process chemistry. Technical items including continuous-flow synthesis, nitration and other strongly exothermic reaction chemistry, separations, crystallization/recrystallization, and solvent recovery.
Key Responsibilities:
• Identify, design, and execute critical lab experiments with high rigor and precision, generating reliable, actionable data for reaction and unit-operation design and scale-up.
• Develop and optimize core synthesis and downstream processing, evaluating competing technical pathways and justifying key decisions using experimental results, process modeling, cost, and scale-up constraints.
• Become the team’s subject-matter expert on selected reaction steps and unit operations, leveraging available research, vendor insight, and your own experiments.
• Develop a deep understanding of our manufacturing process and aid in the design and optimization of our first-of-a-kind pilot and demonstration plants.
• Operate with a rigorous process-safety mindset, integrating hazard analysis and thermal/stability considerations into every stage of development.
• Simplify complex things
Required Qualifications
B.S., M.S., or PhD in Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline
5+ years of professional experience in chemical process development
High proficiency with bench-top synthesis methods, laboratory practices
Ability to work hands on in laboratory, fabrication, and plant environments
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with continuous-flow / microreactor chemistry and reaction scale-up.
• Background in analytical chemistry for quality control: familiarity with method development on HPLC, IC, NMR, ICP-OES/MS, DSC/TGA, etc.
• Hardware intuition: you’re comfortable assembling, modifying, and troubleshooting lab- and pilot-scale systems.
• Prior experience developing energetic materials, propellants, or other regulated/high-hazard chemistries — or transferable process-chemistry experience from pharma, fine/specialty chemicals, or CDMO process development.
• Practical mechanical and industrial-site experience with pilot-scale and larger process equipment and plant troubleshooting.
Additional Requirements
Ability to lift 50 lbs
U.S. Person and ability to obtain a security clearance
Ability to work on-site and travel as needed
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Equal Employment Opportunity
AT Process Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status
Reasonable Accommodation
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact [email protected].
E-Verify
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