Materials and Reaction Engineer

Description

• Conduct and manage lab-scale experiments with advanced reactor systems and materials characterization systems
• Develop intellectual property across materials, process, and reactor development
• Create mathematical/analytical models of material performance to determine target specifications and link ex-situ measurements to in-reactor performance
• Initiate and manage relationships with materials suppliers, equipment vendors, and tolling manufacturers
• Design and optimize active catalysts, gas sorbents, and formed composite materials for use in low pressure ammonia production
• Tailor individual components and formed materials to Ammobia’s unique reactor and process, including optimization of morphology, thermal properties, and mechanical properties
• Establish process-structure-property-performance relationships to map material properties and manufacturing to reactor performance

Requirements

• Excellent data analysis skills and proficiency in Python
• Strong working knowledge of porous solid materials characterization as powders and pellets, such as BET, TGA, XRD, SEM, EDS, and similar
• Passion for sustainability and excitement about working at an early-stage start-up (prior startup experience strongly preferred)
• Strong working knowledge of gas sorption, heterogeneous catalysis, gas phase heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering
• Demonstrated team leadership experience in relevant area
• Hands on experience installing and modifying manufacturing equipment
• Working knowledge and experience specifying and operating lab and bench scale reactor systems, breakthrough apparatus, and similar, especially custom hardware
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work both independently and collaboratively
• Demonstrated expertise optimizing formed porous materials for gas-solid processes, maximizing reactivity and heat and mass transfer (eg, formed materials may include granules, extrudates, tablets, pellets, monoliths, or similar)
• Demonstrated expertise and hands on experience developing catalysts, adsorbents, absorbents, or similar materials for gas-solid processes
• BS (MS+ preferred) in chemical engineering or similar
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 3+ years’ experience in a relevant industrial setting

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance