Freelance Minerals Processing Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

About the Company

Axyde Analytics is seeking a senior-level process engineering and industrial integration professional to help support and operationalize emerging U.S.-aligned critical materials and industrial processing initiatives. This is not a traditional single-plant engineering role. The position sits at the intersection of:

• Critical minerals
• Industrial processing
• Logistics
• Government programs
• Refining systems
• Supply-chain execution
• Industrial-scale operational integration

Projected Near Term Projects:

• Graphite processing and logistics
• Nickel-cobalt precursor concepts
• Gallium refining and purification pathways
• Hydrometallurgical systems
• Industrial material movement
• Process validation
• Related industrial capability development efforts

Industrial Focus:

This role is intended for someone who understands how real industrial systems are designed, integrated, commissioned, operated, and scaled. We are not looking for a purely academic profile. We are looking for someone who understands industrial reality.

About the Role

Responsibilities include supporting technical development and operational integration across multiple industrial processing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support technical development and operational integration across multiple industrial processing initiatives
• Coordinate with EPCM firms, engineering partners, operators, vendors, and technical advisors
• Review and help refine flowsheets, process concepts, and industrial operating assumptions
• Assist with FEED-stage planning and technical due diligence activities
• Support process validation, throughput analysis, mass balance review, and operational readiness planning
• Help evaluate feedstock, refining, purification, precursor, and processing pathways
• Assist with industrial site evaluation and infrastructure assessment
• Coordinate technical aspects of logistics and material-handling concepts where relevant
• Support government-facing technical discussions and proposal activities
• Identify operational risks, process bottlenecks, and scale-up considerations
• Help bridge the gap between conceptual strategy and executable industrial reality

Strong candidates may come from:

• Hydrometallurgical operations
• Mineral processing
• Refinery operations
• Industrial chemical processing
• SX/EW operations
• Battery materials
• Precursor chemistry
• Metals refining
• Commissioning/startup leadership
• Industrial process scale-up environments

Experience supporting government, defense, or strategically sensitive industrial programs is strongly preferred. We are especially interested in candidates who have:

• Operated real plants
• Managed industrial throughput
• Worked through commissioning/startup environments
• Solved practical operational problems
• Coordinated across technical and operational disciplines

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of relevant industrial/process engineering experience
• Experience with large-scale industrial operations or process facilities
• Strong understanding of industrial process systems and operational integration
• Ability to operate in fast-moving and ambiguous environments
• Comfortable working across multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Practical, execution-oriented mindset
• Strong communication and coordination capabilities

Preferred But Not Required

• 15+ years of relevant industrial/process engineering experience
• Experience with critical minerals or metals processing
• Experience with graphite, nickel, cobalt, gallium, rare earths, or related systems
• Government contracting or federally supported program experience
• EPCM coordination experience
• FEED or pre-FEED project experience
• Startup/commissioning leadership experience
• Military or defense-industrial familiarity

Position Structure

This role may initially operate in a consulting, fractional, advisory, or project-based capacity with opportunity to expand over time depending on project activity and funding progression. Location is flexible, though periodic travel to industrial, port, refinery, customer, or government locations may be required. We are building toward trusted operational capability inside strategically important industrial systems. The ideal candidate understands that execution, discipline, and industrial credibility matter more than narrative.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Axyde Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Work Authorization and Eligibility

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Depending on project requirements, candidates may be required to satisfy additional eligibility, background, security, facility-access, export-control, customer, or government-program requirements.

Reasonable Accommodation

Axyde Analytics is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the application and employment process, consistent with applicable law. Applicants who require accommodation during the application process may request reasonable accommodation by contacting Axyde Analytics.

Position Disclaimer

This posting describes the general nature of the work anticipated for this role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, or working conditions. Role structure, scope, location, travel, compensation, duration, and reporting relationships may vary depending on project needs, funding status, customer requirements, government-program requirements, and business priorities.

Nothing in this posting creates a contract of employment, consulting engagement, advisory engagement, or any guarantee of continued work, compensation, project assignment, or future employment. Any employment or engagement relationship, if established, will be subject to applicable written agreements and company policies.