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About the position
The Sr. Research Chemical Engineer at Susteon will play a crucial role in developing and deploying innovative decarbonization technologies aimed at mitigating climate change. This position involves working on CO2 removal, capture, and utilization, as well as carbon-free hydrogen production and waste transformation into energy and valuable products. The engineer will collaborate with national labs, universities, and industry experts to advance research and commercialization efforts in a dynamic and purpose-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Support solvent technology development for CO2 capture from laboratory scale testing to pilot scale demonstration
- Develop PFDs, PI&Ds, SOP, process equipment sizing, for solvent-based capture system
- Conduct emission measurement and control studies for amines, nitrosamines, NOx, SOx
- Assist in developing techno-economic analysis and life-cycle analysis for CO2 capture systems
- Support HAZOP and PHA analyses
- Run bench-scale and pilot-scale operations, critically analyzing test results and making decisions for parametric and long-term testing to evaluate technology performance
- Support technology development for novel processes with specific focus on CO2 capture and conversion into chemicals
- Establish process control and automation, safety protocol, and operating procedures of laboratory and bench-scale test units
- Complete design of experiments, conducting testing in laboratory and bench-scale test units, and analyze and document results
- Support development of process designs for new technologies
- Assist in preparation of research proposals
- Support preparation of invention disclosures and patent applications
Requirements
- M.S. or higher in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering with at least 6 years of industrial experience OR Ph.D in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering with at least 4 years of industrial experience
- Strong hands-on experience with lab and bench equipment design, construction, operations, and data analysis
- Strong hands-on experience in pilot testing of CO2 capture and chemical processes, pilot plant operations, and data analysis
- Strong technical background in CO2 capture from flue gas and industrial streams
- Proficiency in process control programs including Rockwell, LabView, and/or TwinCAT is highly desired
- Strong aptitude for chemical process design, developing process flow diagrams (PFD) and process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), and equipment sizing
- Experience in bench-scale and pilot-scale operations, developing standard operating procedures (SOPs), developing design of experiments
- Experience in analytical instruments such as GC, GC-MS, FTIR, Ion Chromatography, NMR etc. for analyzing liquid, solids, and gas samples
- Good understanding of catalytic and/or thermochemical approaches for the utilization of CO2 to convert into chemicals
- Basic understanding of cost estimation for chemical plants and processes and techno-economic analysis
- Experience in using ASPEN/HySYS package, COMSOL highly desired
Nice-to-haves
- Strong aptitude and drive for learning new skills
- Creative problem solving and lateral thinking ability
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a team environment with a 'can-do' attitude
- Ability to manage projects with multiple stakeholders and partners
- Strong technical/business writing skills
- Strong safety focus
