Research Scientist I/II, AI for Process Engineering

Lila Sciences is focused on AI-accelerated process engineering, and they are seeking a Research Scientist to develop intelligent agent-driven systems. The role involves designing and implementing frameworks for multi-step process engineering workflows and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to apply these systems in various industrial applications.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement agentic frameworks that support end-to-end process engineering workflows, including process setup, simulation, optimization, and analysis
• Develop AI agents capable of autonomously planning, executing, and iterating on process engineering tasks using existing tools (e.g., steady-state and dynamic simulators, optimizers, and data systems)
• Explore agentic approaches for advanced tasks such as process intensification, control co-design, real-time optimization, and closed-loop learning from operational data
• Improve robustness, interpretability, and reproducibility of agent-driven process engineering workflows; build internal tooling for debugging, observability, validation, and auditability
• Work with interdisciplinary teams to apply agentic process engineering to a broad range of industrial applications