Senior Process Engineer

Your missionAs Senior Process Engineer, you actively shape the industrialization of our hydrometallurgical battery recycling plant focusing on material recovery and refining while leading the process design and equipment specification to ensure a robust and efficient plant layout.You take full ownership of the mass and energy balance, driving process efficiency and cost optimization throughout the project lifecycle.You lead the development, quality assurance, and maintenance of all Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).You conduct comprehensive risk analyses (HAZOP, FMEA) and ensure strict compliance with safety and environmental standards.You provide technical leadership and guidance to a multidisciplinary engineering team, safeguarding the industrialization process in hydrometallurgy.You prepare tender documents, manage the awarding process, and lead detailed technical discussions with suppliers to secure an optimal selection process.You support the successful plant construction, smooth commissioning, and targeted production ramp-up.Your profileYou hold a degree and/or PhD in process engineering, metallurgy, material sciences, chemistry, or a related field - ideally combined with strong expertise in hydrometallurgy.You bring relevant industry experience in engineering, plant specification, tendering as well as successful commissioning and operation of industrial projects (>8 years).You have proven experience in both technical and disciplinary leadership of engineering teams.You possess solid project management skills, including effective control of time, cost, and resources.You are motivated to develop and scale up processes from pilot to industrial scale with a hands-on approach.You demonstrate a high sense of responsibility, commitment, and flexibility to achieve project goals.You work in a thorough, analytical, and structured way, with excellent cross-checking and quality assurance abilities.You are fluent in English, both written and spoken; proficiency in German is advantageous and may support your future career growth.Why us?Working in a young and interdisciplinary scale-up team A lot of responsibility and creative freedom right from the start Active contribution to climate protection & circular economy  Active involvement in decisionsTeam spirit and a family atmosphereAbout us cylib is a research-based German scaleup for holistic battery recycling - starting from discharging to recovery of all components of the lithium battery - that was founded in Aachen in 2022 by three visionary founders, including a female CEO. Our process The cylib process offers a complete end-to-end process from battery pack to green battery material by employing a combination of mechanical and thermal pre-treatments and an innovative water-based lithium and graphite recovery. Unlike incumbents, cylib can therefore recover battery materials such as lithium, graphite or manganese. The process was developed over several years of research at the renown RWTH Aachen University and offers an efficient, resource- and climate friendly recovery of all battery materials from end-of-life batteries.cylib's technology enables the recovery of all battery components regardless of whether it is an end-of-life battery or not. Recovery of green secondary raw materials from the cylib process enables the realization of the true Circular Economy on the European market. Interested? Please upload your documents and answer the questions in the application form (annual gross salary expectations, a cover letter is not necessay). We look forward to receiving your application