Process Engineer, Lead/Staff

Remedy Scientific•Oakland, CA

18d

About The Position

Remedy is a startup committed to addressing the planet’s enormous challenge of environmentally contaminated land. Our mission is to bring contaminated sites back online by turning idle, polluted land into space that can be built on again. We do this by building massively scalable, automated systems that combine novel chemistry, hardware, and software. Remedy's process takes contaminated soil, vapor, and water from the field through processing, with rigorous analytical verification along the way, both in Remedy's own lab and third-party labs. We are hiring a Process Engineer (Lead or Staff level) to own this chain end to end: from sample intake to fully analyzed results. This is a hands-on role for someone who is equally comfortable with hardware and firmware as they are thinking through software and data requirements. You will map every step of the current process, understand how long each step takes, identify what can be removed or simplified, and define what should be automated to improve QA/QC, throughput, and scale. You don't need to be a software engineer, but you do need to understand how software can meaningfully improve a process and be able to define requirements clearly for the engineers who build it. This role is calibrated for a strong individual contributor today, with a potential path to building and leading a process engineering team as Remedy scales.

Requirements

Significant hands-on experience (Lead/Staff level) in process engineering, manufacturing engineering, or lab operations, ideally in environmental, analytical chemistry, or high-volume manufacturing settings
Demonstrated experience across hardware and firmware. Able to build, integrate, and troubleshoot physical systems and instrumentation, not just specify them
Experience mapping, measuring, and optimizing complex, multi-step processes, including cycle time analysis, throughput modeling, and bottleneck identification
Track record of taking a manual or semi-manual process and scaling it toward automation
Comfortable defining software and data requirements and partnering closely with engineers to implement them, without needing to be a software developer
Strong QA/QC instincts, with experience implementing or improving quality systems in a regulated or high-rigor environment
Strong process thinking, able to see the full pipeline and how changes in one step ripple through the rest
Comfortable moving between hands-on hardware/firmware work and higher-level process and software requirements
Data-driven approach to process improvement
Clear written and verbal communication for cross-functional collaboration across lab, engineering, and software
Comfortable operating with high autonomy in a fast-moving, early-stage environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with laboratory information management systems (LIMS) or similar sample-tracking software
Background with analytical instrumentation (GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, ICP-OES, XRF, etc.) or environmental sample chain of custody
Experience scaling a process or facility from prototype/pilot to high-volume, continuous (24/7) operation
Experience coordinating with third-party labs, sample logistics, or environmental regulatory requirements (EPA, ASTM, ISO)
Experience as an early process or manufacturing hire at a startup
People management or team-building experience

Responsibilities

Own every step of the sample lifecycle, from soil/vapor/water collection through prep, processing, analysis, and data delivery in Remedy's Lab and third-party labs
Quantify cycle time, throughput, and failure/rework rates at each step; identify bottlenecks and non-value-add steps that can be removed or simplified
Define and prioritize automation opportunities that improve QA/QC, throughput, and scalability
Work directly with the analytical chemistry team to identify process improvements and tradeoffs.
Evaluate, select, and integrate lab automation equipment (liquid handlers, robotic arms, automated samplers) to reduce manual touchpoints across the sample pipeline
Partner with hardware/firmware specialists (internal or contracted) to scope custom integrations where off-the-shelf automation doesn't fit
Work hands-on in the lab to prototype, test, and validate process changes
Bring process rigor from synthetic biology, pharmaceutical, clinical, or other large-scale lab operations to environmental sample processing
Define requirements for software that tracks samples, chain of custody, and process/QA data end to end
Partner with the software engineering team to translate process needs into system requirements, workflows, and data models
Identify where software can replace manual steps, reduce error, and enable remote monitoring or control of processing and lab equipment
Use AI tools across your own workflow including AI coding tools to prototype scripts, dashboards, small automations, and AI-assisted analysis to speed up process and data work
Build the foundation for 24/7 operation of both core processing and the Remedy Lab, including automation, staffing, and monitoring needs
Establish and continuously improve QA/QC procedures across the full sample pipeline
Bring process discipline from high-volume manufacturing, environmental, or lab-scale operations to Remedy