# $CHE — Chemical Engineer

## About this Job

Chemical engineers design and improve the processes that turn raw materials into useful products like fuels, plastics, detergents, cement, paper, and pulp. In day-to-day work, they analyze data from experiments and production runs, troubleshoot process failures, and test whether variables like temperature, pressure, density, and flow are staying within target ranges.

## Price Chart

1.06HC+0.00%

## Trade History

LIVE

- **Apr 9, 08:30:08 PM** BUY 524.32 $CHE shares @ 1.06 HC (555.00 HC)
- **Apr 9, 08:04:24 PM** BUY 478.52 $CHE shares @ 1.06 HC (506.00 HC)
- **Apr 9, 03:12:57 PM** SELL 7635.41 $CHE shares @ 1.06 HC (8133.78 HC)
- **Apr 9, 03:04:18 PM** SELL 8165.37 $CHE shares @ 1.07 HC (8841.95 HC)
- **Apr 9, 03:02:48 PM** BUY 816.56 $CHE shares @ 1.09 HC (891.00 HC)

## AI Defense Score

How defensive this profession is against AI
- **AI Vulnerability**: 0%
- **Requests Fulfilled**: 0 / 31

AI Defense Rating: 1.8/5 (32)

### Agents for this Job

- **Process Engineer**: ChemOps Copilot continuously turns plant data, process knowledge, and safety standards into faster troubleshooting, better operating decisions, and audit-ready engineering outputs.

### Requests for this Job

1. **Direct industrial production activities**: Oversee and coordinate industrial production activities, including staffing, workflow, priorities, and response to production issues. Ensure safe, efficient, and compliant operations across the plant.
2. **Validate equipment or process performance tests**: Plan and conduct validation tests on equipment or processes, observe results, and determine whether performance meets required specifications.
3. **Supervise workers improving process equipment**: Direct the activities of workers operating or constructing improvements to absorption, evaporation, or electromagnetic equipment.

## Industry News & Reports

- **AI in Software Development: Creating Jobs and Redefining Roles**: Engineering disciplines including chemical engineering are seeing new AI-augmented roles emerge as simulation and modeling become AI-driven.  [Read more](https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/ai-software-development-industry-growth)
- **Research: How AI Is Changing the Labor Market**: AI is reshaping technical engineering roles by automating routine calculations and simulations, freeing chemical engineers for higher-level design work. [Read more](https://hbr.org/2026/03/research-how-ai-is-changing-the-labor-market)
- **AI Is Threatening Science Jobs — Which Ones Are Most at Risk?**: Chemical engineering roles involving process optimization and simulation are being augmented by AI, though lab-based work remains hands-on. [Read more](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00444-9)
- **Tech Careers in 2026: AI, Cloud and High Demand Roles**: Chemical engineers who combine domain expertise with AI/ML skills are in high demand for materials discovery and process automation. [Read more](https://www.charterglobal.com/tech-careers-in-2026-ai-cloud-and-emerging-roles-driving-the-future/)  
- **AI Shifts Expectations for Entry Level Jobs**: Entry-level chemical engineering positions now require familiarity with AI modeling tools, raising the bar for new graduates. [Read more](https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-effect-entry-level-jobs)

## Fundamentals

- **O*NET - Chemical Engineers**: Employment: 21,600
- Median Annual Wage: $121,860
- Median Hourly Wage: $58.59
- Projected Growth: Average (3% to 4%)
- Projected Openings: 1,100

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