Chemical Process Modeler

What role you will play in our team

By joining Process Innovation and Scale-Up with Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company, you will be an integral technical contributor to process development and scale-up programs applying kinetics, transport, and reactor engineering fundamentals and process modeling skill sets to tackle process development, scale-up, and unit design problems critical to developing new process technologies from concept ideas to commercial scale deployment.

• Develop and apply fit for purpose phenomenological models to guide screening, development and design of new process technologies with applications across Exxon Mobil Business Divisions:
  Upstream Company, Product Solutions Company, and Low Carbon Solutions
• Apply aptitude for and strong background in fundamentals based modeling, particularly in the areas of complex reaction kinetics, heat and mass transfer in unit operations design for advanced reactors or separations, and a broad interest applying these skills to process development
• Work collaboratively within cross-discipline teams with expertise in experimentation (active materials development, lab-scale experiments, and pilot plant studies), process engineering and equipment design, utilizing models to support the design of experiments, validation, and scale-up activities
• Develop and maintain advance new modeling capabilities for phenomenological and dynamic models application
• Serve as a subject matter expert and technical mentor in topics related to kinetic modeling, phenomenological modeling, and reactor engineering to the research and process engineering community
• Many problems rely on a sound fundamentals in chemical engineering unit operations – with a suitable academic/experience background, that can be developed through assignments on projects

Skills and Qualifications

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or related discipline with relevant thesis work
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Developing and applying multi-scale models of process units (i.e. reacting and separation systems, electrochemical processes, membrane/adsorption separations, steady-state/dynamic/cyclic etc.)
  • Building, solving, and optimizing robust kinetic models which incorporate fundamental process chemistry
  • Computational languages: gPROMS, MATLAB, Python
• Strong ability and interest to work on applications driven by abstract problems and develop creative out-of-the-box solutions
• Driven and self-motivated
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Lab and/or pilot scale experimentation
• Process scale-up experience understanding the impact of scale on unit operations/commercial-scale embodiment/design
• Experience with process simulation platforms (APSEN, HYSYS, Pro-II), hybrid modeling (i.e: PINNs, AI/ML), Techno-economic Analysis

An Exxon Mobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan:
  Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
• Savings Plan:
  You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
• Workplace Flexibility:
  We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Culture of Health:
  Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Health Advisory Program:
  Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
• Disability Plan:
  Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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