Remote Senior Catalysis Research Engineer

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 2,133,000 - 3,117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

PTO and holidays

Conference funding

Remote work setup

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Research Chemical Engineer (Catalysis) for a fully remote role in a leading sustainable energy research program. You will design, synthesize, and evaluate catalysts, and develop advanced catalytic processes for green chemistry while collaborating with a globally distributed team.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering or a related field and has extensive postdoctoral or industrial catalysis experience.

Qualifications

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related field with catalysis focus.
• 6+ years postdoc or industrial catalysis/reaction engineering experience.
• Proven catalyst design, synthesis, and characterization expertise.
• Strong data interpretation and remote collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct experiments to synthesize and evaluate catalysts.
• Develop catalytic processes for sustainable energy and green chemistry.
• Analyze kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms from data.
• Operate reactors and analytical instruments and maintain lab equipment.
• Publish results and collaborate with remote team members.
• Stay current with catalysis literature and contribute to IP.
• Prepare technical reports and assist patent disclosures.

Skills

Catalysis

Reaction engineering

Data analysis

Publications

Education

PhD in Chemical Engineering or related field

Tools

XRD

TEM

XPS

BET

GC

HPLC

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Research Chemical Engineer (Catalysis) for a fully remote role in a leading sustainable energy research program. You will design, synthesize, and evaluate catalysts, and develop advanced catalytic processes for green chemistry while collaborating with a globally distributed team.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering or a related field and has extensive postdoctoral or industrial catalysis experience.