APC Technology Development Engineer

Atlas Prediction Control is hiring an APC Technology Development Engineer to build model-based control technology, including models, simulations and software tools used by its engineers at client sites. The role also owns client accounts and programs, provides technical expertise on vendor MPC platforms, mentors engineers and contributes to technical standards and roadmap.

Responsibilities:

• Design, code and validate tools for MPC, system identification, state estimation and APC performance monitoring in Python and MATLAB
• Build dynamic process simulations, both first-principles and data-driven, to test control strategies before they reach a live plant
• Develop control approaches that use existing plant instrumentation to reduce variability and capture economic benefit
• Turn proven client solutions into reusable templates, libraries and playbooks
• Own a portfolio of client accounts. Scope the work, run the programs, hold the schedule, and report results to client engineering, operations and leadership teams
• Serve as the senior technical expert on vendor MPC platforms (AspenTech, Honeywell, Yokogawa, Emerson and others). This includes troubleshooting, retuning, model maintenance and root-cause analysis
• Mentor junior engineers through specification, testing and commissioning
• Write the functional specifications our deployment team configures and implements
• Help shape Atlas’s technical standards, roadmap and hiring as we grow

Requirements:

• MS or PhD in Chemical Engineering or a closely related field, with research in process control, MPC, optimization or process modeling
• 5+ years of industry experience developing, deploying or supporting model-based control in continuous process plants
• Strong coding skills in Python and/or MATLAB, and a habit of building your own tools
• Comfort with AI tools such as Claude, Cursor or Codex to speed up development and analysis
• Hands-on experience with system identification, MPC tuning and dynamic simulation
• Experience with at least one commercial MPC platform (DMC3, Profit Controller, Pavilion8 or similar), plus familiarity with DCS and historians
• A track record of running technical programs with minimal oversight, and experience mentoring engineers
• Comfort working in live plant environments with operations, maintenance and engineering teams, with a commitment to safety and quality
• Clear written and spoken communication, including documentation of technical work and recommendations
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States
• Aspen Plus Dynamics, gPROMS or UniSim; soft sensor or inferential modeling; client-facing consulting; published or patented work in process control