Senior Catalyst Lab Engineer – High-Throughput R&D

Clariant Corporation; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Holidays

PTO with carry-over

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness Program

EAP Program

Spending and Savings Accounts

Life/AD&D Insurance

Disability Insurance

Pet Insurance

Online discount Mall

Auto/Home Insurance

Identity Theft Protection

Legal Services Plan

Job summary

Clariant Corporation in Palo Alto, California, seeks a Senior Lab Engineer to join the Catalyst Research & Development team. You will support development of next-generation catalyst technologies through high-throughput and conventional testing, analyzing data to accelerate innovation and product development.

The role requires hands-on experience with R&D instruments and lab hardware, experience in chemical kinetics, DOE, Python or MATLAB, and the ability to translate experimental results into

Qualifications

• MS/PhD with 2–6 years industrial experience in catalysis or related field.
• Hands-on with heterogenous catalyst synthesis, characterization and testing.
• Experience operating reactor systems and analytical instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate catalytic materials using high-throughput and conventional testing.
• Execute lab experiments to support catalyst development.
• Operate, maintain and upgrade R&D equipment including GC and parallel reactors.
• Develop high-throughput testing methods to boost efficiency.
• Analyze data and communicate results via reports and presentations.
• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to meet project milestones.
• Provide guidance to junior team members.

Skills

R&D instruments

Lab hardware

Chemical kinetics

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Python

MATLAB

DOE

High-throughput testing

Machine learning

Large-scale data analysis

Gas Chromatography (GC)

Education

MS in Chemical Engineering

MS in Materials Science

MS in Chemistry

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Gas Chromatography (GC)

Parallel fixed-bed reactors

Job description

Clariant Corporation in Palo Alto, California, seeks a Senior Lab Engineer to join the Catalyst Research & Development team. You will support development of next-generation catalyst technologies through high-throughput and conventional testing, analyzing data to accelerate innovation and product development.

The role requires hands-on experience with R&D instruments and lab hardware, experience in chemical kinetics, DOE, Python or MATLAB, and the ability to translate experimental results into