Process Development Engineer

Xylem • Tewksbury, MA

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About The Position

Xylem is seeking a highly motivated Process Development Engineer to join its Sentec Treatment team, which supports technology deployment and development across Xylem’s business units. The role develops, optimizes, and scales water and wastewater treatment processes from laboratory scale through industrial-scale field deployment. The successful candidate will bring an engineering or applied-science foundation and a hands-on approach to process development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related applied science or engineering field.
• 1–5+ years of experience in process development; water treatment, chemical processing, or adjacent technologies are preferred areas.
• Strong first-principles understanding of chemistry, fluid dynamics, and mass transfer, with the ability to apply them to real-world problems.
• Hands-on experience with pilot systems, instrumentation, and data acquisition.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with water-treatment unit operations such as membranes, separation technologies, digestion, or oxidation processes.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate third-party technology providers’ process performance and risk profiles using desk-based data analysis, laboratory experimentation, and field validation.
• Design and develop processes and systems for evaluation, including bench-scale, pilot-scale, and full-scale implementations.
• Collaborate with R&D, product management, operations, and manufacturing teams to understand business needs and support seamless technology transfer.
• Develop process documentation, including P&IDs, SOPs, control strategies, and scale-up protocols.
• Lead pilot testing at customer sites or internal facilities, including setup, operation, troubleshooting, and data interpretation.
• Support implementation by detailing methods to quantify technical and commercial benefits, such as process efficiency.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory developments in water treatment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) with company contribution.
• Paid time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Bonus in addition to base salary.
• Paid Volunteer Program, Xylem Watermark.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level