Senior Electrochemical Reagent Engineer - Scale-Up & Tech Lead

Socket.dev; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible time off

Eight weeks of paid parental leave

Monthly phone stipend

Daily catered lunch on-site

Job summary

Lilac Solutions is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to own the technical evaluation, development, and integration of reagent generation technologies, including BPED and chlor-alkali systems. This role leads from lab testing through pilot-scale design to eventual deployment, with up to 25% travel to sites.

You will work across Technology, Engineering, Projects, and Operations in a hands-on, collaborative environment to deploy reagent generation solutions within Lilac’s flowsheet and scale up to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, chemistry or related field.
• Approximately 4–8 years of relevant experience in electrochemical systems, membrane processes, process development, or related technologies.
• Hands-on experience with pilot-, demonstration-, or commercial-scale electrochemical, membrane, reagent generation, or related process equipment.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute laboratory- and pilot-scale experiments to characterize and optimize reagent generation systems.
• Develop understanding of equipment and operating tradeoffs including membrane lifetime, energy consumption and performance.
• Translate findings into equipment requirements and design criteria for pilot- and demonstration-scale systems.
• Evaluate interactions with upstream/downstream unit operations and utilities.

Skills

Process engineering

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, or chemistry

Tools

BPED

Electrodialysis

Job description

Lilac Solutions is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to own the technical evaluation, development, and integration of reagent generation technologies, including BPED and chlor-alkali systems. This role leads from lab testing through pilot-scale design to eventual deployment, with up to 25% travel to sites.

You will work across Technology, Engineering, Projects, and Operations in a hands-on, collaborative environment to deploy reagent generation solutions within Lilac’s flowsheet and scale up to