Technical Solution Lead – Oil, Gas and Chemicals

TITLE: Technical Solution Lead – Oil, Gas and Chemicals

LOCATION: In-Office (Santa Clara, CA)

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

You are an outside-the-box thinker who thrives on executing and developing playbooks for market engagement in continuous emissions monitoring, compliance, and prevention at an industrial scale. You are writing the next chapter of emissions digitalization with us.

You will carry end-to-end technical solution accountability: requirements articulation, use case development, testing, and release. You'll be the connective tissue between what customers need, what our development teams build, and what gets validated and deployed in the field. When design assumptions meet operational reality, you resolve it. When a customer workflow exposes a gap, you define what comes next.

This requires genuine fluency across hardware, software, and cloud, because holding the full solution together demands it. You are passionate about acquiring and developing contextual business understanding, and you naturally go beyond technical requirements. You are also keenly interested in and demonstrating capability in accelerating productivity and quality by using AI tooling – this is a natural intuition for you, and it energizes you.

 You're joining Picarro at a defining moment. We are taking the architecture, workflows, and data standards that will shape emissions operations for the next decade to market right now. The person in this role won't just grow with that journey — they'll be critical in determining where it goes.

 If that sounds like the work you've been looking for, we want to talk.

DUTIES:

The Technical Solution Lead – Oil, Gas & Chemicals is responsible for ensuring that Picarro’s solutions are built right—end‑to‑end—across hardware, software, data, and workflows. This role owns execution quality and technical integrity of product releases, translating product intent into reliable, scalable, and deployable solutions. Success is measured by on‑time releases, solution quality, and commercial readiness.

DUTIES INCLUDE:

• Responsible for feature development, feature release, schedule adherence, and commercial readiness for end‑to‑end assigned solutions in the market segment – starting with the solution, spanning hardware, firmware, cloud, analytics, and user-facing applications.
• Coordinate with engineering team counterparts and manage sprint execution to ensure delivery aligns with roadmap priorities and release commitments.
• Own end-to-end technical and functional solution development, testing, and release to specification, meeting or exceeding quality standard expectations whilst ensuring alignment with real-world refinery and chemical plant workflows.
• Define, maintain, and validate end‑to‑end testing frameworks, including ownership of “golden datasets” and validation protocols.
• Execute sprint reviews, internal acceptance testing in coordination with engineering counterparts,
• Serve as technical authority during release readiness reviews, escalation management, and quality gating.
• Partner closely with the Product Owner to translate customer outcomes into executable technical requirements.
• Provide technical support to sales and customer-facing teams during complex deal cycles and deployments.
• Drive continuous improvement in solution robustness, scalability, and deployment efficiency.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in technical product delivery, systems engineering, or solution architecture.
• Experience delivering integrated hardware–software solutions in industrial or regulated environments.
• Experience in AI-assisted design and development activities is a must.
• Strong understanding of Agile development and cross-functional delivery.
• Familiarity with oil & gas, refining, or chemical industry workflows strongly preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.

# EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED: None

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: 15% of company-paid travel, both internationally and domestically. Domestic travel is all across the nation. International travel is primarily to Canada, South America, and Europe, with future travel in the Asia Pac.

Salary & Benefits:

The base salary range for this full-time position is $165,000-$185,000. Your base salary range and title will be determined based on the location, experience, qualification, skills, knowledge, level, and pay of employees in similar positions.

We offer a comprehensive benefit package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans
• Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Employee Referral Program
• 401K
• Social events (summer picnic, holiday party, team lunches, etc.)
• On-site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges, outdoor bootcamp, flu-shots, etc.)

About Picarro:

We are the world's leader in timely, trusted, and actionable data using enhanced optical spectroscopy. Our solutions are used in a wide variety of applications, including natural gas leak detection, ethylene oxide emissions monitoring, semiconductor fabrication, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, atmospheric science, air quality, greenhouse gas measurements, food safety, hydrology, ecology, and more. Our software and hardware are designed and manufactured in Santa Clara, California, and are used in over 90 countries worldwide based on over 65 patents related to cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology and are unparalleled in their precision, ease of use, and reliability.

At Picarro, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability. Posted positions are not open to third-party recruiters/agencies, and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free referrals. 

At Picarro, we strive to ensure that all individuals, regardless of their abilities, have equal opportunities. If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact Picarro, Inc. at [email protected] for assistance. 

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