Mechanochemical Process Development Scientist Lab-to-Pilot

HES-SO Fribourg; Indre Fosen; Sur place; NOK 1 027 000 - 1 369 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The School Of Engineering And Architecture Of Fribourg (HEIA-FR) invites applications for a project lead in mechanochemistry. You will design and run transformations in bead reactors, bridging lab discovery to industrial application and contributing to predictive scaling models.

You will establish benchmarks, run DoE campaigns, and advance scale-transfer workflows with an industrial partner, ensuring robustness and reproducibility while adhering to lab safety and scientific integrity.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering; strong focus on organic synthesis.

Responsabilités

• Lead synthetic and process-development core bridging lab discovery to industrial application.
• Design, run and interpret transformations in mechanochemical bead reactors
• Establish advanced metrics and datasets for predictive scale-up models
• Develop standardized scale-transfer workflow and guidelines for industrial adoption
• Scale up to pilot plant with industrial partner; verify robustness and reproducibility
• Contribute to predictive modelling; identify scale-invariant parameters and transferable operating windows
• Interact with consortium; present at conferences; uphold lab safety and good scientific practice

Connaissances

English communication

Teamwork

Autonomous work

Formation

Master's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering

Outils

Dyno-mill equipment

Description du poste

The School Of Engineering And Architecture Of Fribourg (HEIA-FR) invites applications for a project lead in mechanochemistry. You will design and run transformations in bead reactors, bridging lab discovery to industrial application and contributing to predictive scaling models.

You will establish benchmarks, run DoE campaigns, and advance scale-transfer workflows with an industrial partner, ensuring robustness and reproducibility while adhering to lab safety and scientific integrity.