Senior R&D Engineer: Clean Energy Process Modeling & Pilot

Thiozen Inc.; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Travel allowance

Job summary

Thiozen Inc., an MIT spinout, is building secure, affordable energy tech. We seek an engineer to connect lab, model, and field units in Pasadena, leading bench experiments and turning results into design bases for the next commercial unit.

You will travel to West Texas for pilot campaigns, contribute to grants and reports, and report to the CEO. MS/PhD in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field, with Aspen experience and willingness to travel, are required.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or a related field.
• Strong wet chemistry skills: titrations, sample preparation, analytical instruments, and a notebook someone else can follow.
• You can build and run the process model that sizes the next unit: you have developed steady state process models in Aspen or an equivalent simulator, closed heat and material balances, and used them to size equipment or set a design basis.
• Practical experience with a pilot unit, lab scale process rig or field setting. You are comfortable with pumps, valves, gas cylinders and instruments, and you would rather fix a setup than wait for someone else to.

Responsibilities

• Design and run wet chemistry and small scale process experiments in our Pasadena lab.
• Build, maintain and run the process model (Aspen or equivalent) that sizes our units.
• Develop, validate and document the analytical methods used in the lab and at the units.
• Travel to the pilot unit for test campaigns: plan the campaign, run it with the field team, collect and analyze samples, and write up what was learned.
• Turn field observations into lab experiments and lab results into operating recommendations and design changes.
• Build and maintain the process data and sample records so that lab and field results can be compared and trusted.
• Keep the Pasadena lab safe and in order: chemical handling and storage, gas safety, waste, and the procedures that go with them.
• Contribute technical content to grants, reports and customer discussions, and present results to our board and partners as needed.

Skills

Wet chemistry

Process modeling

Laboratory experiments

Field campaigns

Technical writing

Education

MS or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry

Tools

Aspen or equivalent simulator

Job description

Thiozen Inc., an MIT spinout, is building secure, affordable energy tech. We seek an engineer to connect lab, model, and field units in Pasadena, leading bench experiments and turning results into design bases for the next commercial unit.

You will travel to West Texas for pilot campaigns, contribute to grants and reports, and report to the CEO. MS/PhD in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field, with Aspen experience and willingness to travel, are required.