Staff Process Engineer
3 weeks ago
We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world's transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?
Who You Are
As a Staff Process Engineer on Sila's Technology team, you will be the Lead Chemical Engineer responsible for the conceptual design, detailed engineering, and commissioning of a critical step in Sila's first industrial scale plant. You will be surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the world working on Silicon Anodes and will leverage this team to continually refine your understanding and convince yourself of the technical basis and constraints for the manufacturing plant design. As a result, you will make recommendations and decisions that will impact the trajectory of the development of the technology forever. You are used to working efficiently in high pressure situations, such as chemical plant startups, new grade trials, or turnarounds, to deliver product on-spec and on-time. You also have the ability to do deep work and fruitfully think outside the box. You bring the experience of having seen dozens of different chemical plant technologies and have expert level competency in at least one chemical technology so you know what process engineering excellence looks like. You bring a collaborative and bias for action energy to the team. You have seamlessly worked with a chemical company's R&D and Technology teams as well as the Manufacturing Engineering, Operations and Maintenance teams. Most importantly, you are comfortable working on new problems everyday, have an extreme-ownership mentality, and have a track record of pushing yourself and your team to be better every single day.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Design and commission Sila's manufacturing plant to produce next-generation battery materials
- Be the Lead Chemical Process Design Engineer for a critical unit in the manufacturing process
- Collaborate with all engineering disciplines, operations and others required for a chemical plant
- Expertly balance day-to-day priorities with long term deliverables
- Work seamlessly with internal teams and 3rd party vendors to drive technical deliverables
- Play a critical role in the long term vision and execution of production line improvements
- Create complex management of change requests and basis of design documents
- Develop HMBs, P&IDs and other FEED deliverables from concept through commissioning
- Develop basic and complex control scheme narratives for first-of-a-kind plant
- Comfortable leading commissioning of a new process unit during startup, shutdowns or upsets
- Drive ideas through R&D, Material Dev, and Pilot Test Teams for at-scale implementation
- Influence others across the org and drive technical solutions without authority
- B.S. or M.S. in Chemical Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years of experience directly owning a high volume production line or in a design-to-commissioning role as a Production or Process Design Engineer for a chemical plant
- Ability to visualize in great detail and have a first-principles understanding of an operating plant
- Experience with process design of new chemical plant units or retrofits of existing units
- Deep knowledge of basic controls schemes and familiarity with advanced control strategies
- Extensive experience with daily and long-term process optimization and production constraints
- Experience with safety critical instrumentation, safety relief, and operational alarms
- Extensive risk management, management of change and HAZOP experience
- Years of experience creating, reading and edited PFDs, P&IDs, and Operating Procedures
- Ability to determine and solve for key parameters for process scale-up to commercial volumes
- Have developed dozens of basis of design and project scope document for new ideas or MOCs
- Have a bias for action and extreme ownership mentality while exhibiting humility and frugality
- Ability to challenge your teammates, raise them up, and be vocally self-critical
- Track record of relentlessly challenging accepted practices and inefficiencies
- Excellent communication skills enabling you to be the cliff note author and the technical expert
- Have demonstrated ruthless prioritization in high stress situations over long periods of time
- A career of never missing an opportunity to build rapport with your co-workers
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a laptop, copier/printer machine, etc.
- Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a hard hat, lab coat or coveralls, gloves, safety glasses, and safety shoes
- Pass a respirator fit test and be able to wear respiratory protection on a periodic basis
- Move long distances and occasionally kneel or bend
- Up to 10% travel for work at new production sites and 3rd party design offices
The starting base pay for this role is between $151,000 and $191,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay within these ranges depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila's driven Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, equity, and bonuses. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
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Working at Sila
We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.
Special Note: You are applying for a position that is funded under a grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Foreign nationals who are citizens of DOE's foreign countries of risk are not permitted to hold a position funded by this grant. The following countries have been designated by DOE as foreign countries of risk: Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China. This list is subject to change. In addition, any foreign nationals who are from countries other than the DOE-designated foreign countries of risk will be required to be pre-authorized by DOE to work in this position before an offer will be made by Sila. U.S. export control restrictions apply.
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