What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Process Engineer, Batch Chemical Synthesis | Pilot-to-Commercial Scale (San Jose, CA) position at Pave Talent?
๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐-๐๐ผ-๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐-๐๐ผ-๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ
The platform is funded, CEO-backed, and racing toward commercial volume. The chemistry you tune determines whether the yield curve holds at scale, which determines whether the product line hits its commercial milestones on schedule. No mature plant, no legacy SOPs. You write them.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐
Pave Talent is recruiting for a confidential client, a publicly traded specialty electronics materials leader (NYSE-listed) scaling a first-to-market copper-based platform from pilot to commercial volume. The product targets demanding markets like aerospace and defense, electric-vehicle power electronics, and advanced semiconductor packaging, environments where the chemistry has to behave the same way every batch, every time.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐'๐น๐น ๐ข๐๐ป
โข You write the SOPs the next decade of operations will run on. Your batch validation work and operator training become the institutional knowledge for the platform.
โข Statistical Process Control oversight and root cause analysis for out-of-control products. Daily monitoring across quality, cycle time, EHS compliance, and documented work practices.
โข NCMR closeout with root cause discipline that prevents repeat occurrence.
โข Pilot to full-scale manufacturing transition (process documentation, batch validation, operator training).
โข Capital Projects leadership across process engineering scope, plus Work Instructions for existing products.
โข Process-equipment troubleshooting and Management of Change coordination with Maintenance and Production on repairs and process changes.
โข Secondary EHS support (waste-management shipment coordination, permit compliance, internal and external auditing, EHS systems validation) and equipment/instrumentation calibration program execution.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
โข Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from a four-year university.
โข 5 to 8 years in a process engineering role, with 3 years specifically in chemical synthesis, preferably in batch operations.
โข Capital-projects leadership experience and the calm to drive multi-disciplinary execution.
โข SPC, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement fluency.
โข Comfort operating in a regulated, audited environment with strong EHS expectations.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ
Three years from now you will be telling people you scaled the chemistry that took a first-to-market copper-based platform from pilot to commercial volume. Pilot-to-scale problems on funded, urgent, CEO-backed platforms are once-in-a-career.
๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐
$109,000 to $164,000 base, plus performance bonus, full medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO and holidays, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and professional development support.
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San Jose, CA. Onsite.
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐
If you talk to us on this role, here is what you get: a recruiter who has read your background before the first call, real coaching prep before client interviews, no ghosting, first-call scheduling within 48 hours of a strong fit, and a 90-day replacement guarantee that protects both you and the client. That is how we work.
Salary : $109,000 - $164,000