Founding Water-Treatment Systems Engineer

Biomific; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, vision, dental insurance

HSA

15 days PTO + 2 floating holidays

On-site at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Job summary

Biomific, based at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, seeks a founding engineer to shape our hardware capabilities. You will design and build continuous-flow wastewater treatment systems that plug into existing industrial and municipal infrastructure, taking ownership from concept to field deployment.

You will collaborate with scientists, operators and partners, iterate on results, and help grow the engineering team as Biomific scales.

Qualifications

• Experience building physical systems, not only designing them.
• Hands-on experience with continuous-flow or fluid-handling systems.
• Knowledge of materials compatibility and corrosion in acidic or metal-bearing water.
• Ability to turn rough ideas into working hardware quickly and iterate.

Responsibilities

• Build continuous-flow treatment systems using pumps, tubing, tanks and frames.
• Design and size systems to be compatible with wastewater infrastructure considering flow, residence time and pressure.
• Operate and maintain systems, fix issues, and iterate results into better versions.
• Work with science team to scale systems from bench to pilot while maintaining biology performance as scale increases.
• Manage vendors and purchasing for parts, equipment, and outside fabrication to stay on budget and schedule.
• Collaborate with science and business teams to translate lab results and customer needs into engineering requirements.
• Ensure safe working practices in lab, workshop, and partner sites.
• Plan and install pilot systems at partner sites and build relationships with operators and engineers.
• Support sales through customer calls and site visits, evaluating wastewater goals and preparing proposals.
• Prepare cost estimates, project timelines and techno-economic comparisons to show system performance vs conventional treatment.
• Help grow the engineering team as Biomific expands.

Skills

Hands-on hardware prototyping

Pumps, piping, valves knowledge

Field site work

Education

BS in Mechanical, Chemical or Environmental Engineering

Water/Wastewater treatment coursework

FE Exam Passed

EIT or PE certification

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

Biomific, based at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, seeks a founding engineer to shape our hardware capabilities. You will design and build continuous-flow wastewater treatment systems that plug into existing industrial and municipal infrastructure, taking ownership from concept to field deployment.

You will collaborate with scientists, operators and partners, iterate on results, and help grow the engineering team as Biomific scales.