Senior Process Engineer and Office Leader
$130,000–$200,000 year
On-siteAustin, Texas, United States or Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Lead process engineering design and planning for large-scale semiconductor projects from conceptual PFD development through detailed P&IDs and construction documentation. Provide day-to-day oversight to internal engineering teams, ensuring high-quality design documents meet purity, safety, and performance specifications while developing hydraulic calculations and overseeing system modeling for ultra-pure water and specialty gas distribution. Mentor junior engineers, lead peer reviews and constructability checks, and maintain process engineering standards and documentation protocols. Serve as a visible office leader, cultivating a collaborative culture, managing office budgets, and driving staff development and career pathing. Act as a key client representative, participating in pursuit planning, delivering proposals, and expanding trusted advisor relationships with semiconductor stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited program
- 10+ years of process engineering experience, with a strong and demonstrated focus on semiconductors, advanced high-tech industrial, cleanroom, or similarly complex process utility design
- Proven leadership in managing and guiding internal process engineering design teams through all project phases within a design-build delivery model
- Demonstrated experience in office leadership, people management, or team development
- Excellent communication, presentation, and client-facing skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex process engineering concepts, P&IDs, and risk assessments to diverse audiences including engineers, EHS managers, project managers, contractors, client technical leadership, and community stakeholders
- A proven track record of building and sustaining client relationships, contributing to business development, and participating in proposal development and interviews within the semiconductor and high-tech manufacturing industry
- Demonstrated experience fostering an inclusive team culture and a commitment to mentoring and developing technical professionals
- Experience with projects that demonstrate thoughtful, code-compliant, and technically precise process system designs for semiconductor, high-tech, or comparable mission-critical facilities
Desired Qualifications
- Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred; active PE license in good standing within the U.S. with ability to obtain reciprocity as needed is highly valued
- Direct experience with semiconductor wafer fabrication facility process system design across multiple technology nodes
- Experience with bulk gas tank farm design and knowledge of hydrogen gas safety and distribution per CGA and NFPA 55
- Experience with solvent and acid waste segregation, collection, and treatment design, including knowledge of explosion-proof and fire-rated enclosure requirements for solvent piping systems
- Knowledge of sustainable process design practices, including UPW reclaim/recycle strategies, waste heat recovery, and chemical minimization initiatives, and familiarity with LEED or equivalent green building frameworks
- Demonstrated success working within an integrated design-build project delivery environment on large-scale, fast-track high-tech projects, including early contractor involvement and modular equipment procurement
- NCEES Record and ability to obtain PE licensure in multiple states, or chartered equivalent
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