Lab Technician: Process Development & Electrochemical Data

Andean Systems; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Overtime meals provided

Job summary

Andean Systems is hiring a Lab Technician to operate leaching and electrochemical recovery experiments, instrumenting them, and producing trustworthy data for engineering and ML teams. You’ll own daily lab activities and help scale from bench tests toward pilot‑scale operation.

The role emphasizes hands‑on work on a small team, with influence over process development and safety responsibilities, plus overtime pay and equity as part of compensation.

Qualifications

• 1+ year in a wet lab, pilot plant, or process environment.
• Rigorous documentation habits—your notebook is a deliverable.
• Comfort working with acids, corrosives, and high‑current electrical equipment, safely and routinely.
• Mechanical aptitude: you can assemble a rig, chase a leak, and fix a pump.

Responsibilities

• Execute hydrometallurgical leaching and electrochemical recovery experiments end to end.
• Build, commission, maintain, and troubleshoot bench‑ to pilot‑scale electrochemical cells.
• Prepare and characterize variable secondary feedstocks.
• Run and maintain analytical instrumentation; own sample prep and chain of custody.
• Characterize performance using yield, current efficiency, and selectivity metrics.
• Test electrode materials, membranes, and cell configurations.
• Collect, clean, and maintain the integrity of our experimental dataset.
• Partner with the ML and controls team to instrument experiments for real‑time optimization.
• Own lab safety practice: chemical handling, waste streams, SDS, PPE, and housekeeping.

Job description

Andean Systems is hiring a Lab Technician to operate leaching and electrochemical recovery experiments, instrumenting them, and producing trustworthy data for engineering and ML teams. You’ll own daily lab activities and help scale from bench tests toward pilot‑scale operation.

The role emphasizes hands‑on work on a small team, with influence over process development and safety responsibilities, plus overtime pay and equity as part of compensation.