# Process Engineer

About the Role We are looking for a Process Engineer to support the design of our 20 m³ demonstration facility and to build and run pilot-scale UV bioreactors. The work is split between design and hands-on building. You will work on mass and energy balances, PFDs, P&IDs and equipment specifications for the demo plant. On the hands-on side you will pipe, instrument, commission and operate pilot reactors. This role is in person at our Oakland, CA facility and reports to the Principal Process Engineer. Title and level (Engineer I, II or III) will be set based on experience. Responsibilities Contribute to process design deliverables for the demonstration facility: design basis, mass and energy balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment lists and specifications, and process control narratives. Size and specify process equipment and utilities (vessels, pumps, heat exchangers, filtration, piping, valves, instruments) and support vendor selection and quote review. Design, build and commission pilot-scale UV bioreactors (roughly 100 L to 2 m³), including piping, instrumentation and basic controls integration. Operate pilot equipment alongside R&D: run fermentation and sterilization tests, collect dat

- **Id**: 3292624
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/biosphere-process-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Oakland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-26T15:46:36Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-26
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T20:03:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 11
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4283
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Health insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biotechnology, Industrial Biotechnology, Bioprocessing

## Company

- **Id**: 3792702
- **Name**: Biosphere
- **Domain**: biosphere.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/biosphere-2>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 62000
- **Max usd**: 111000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 4343

## Technologies

- **Bioreactors** — Optional: no
- **AutoCAD** — Optional: yes
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 11

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-26T20:36:14Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 72
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.796
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 10
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:mid, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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