Job Description
Position: Structured Adsorbent Bed Engineer
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer
Who are we?
TerraFixing is a clean tech company that has developed a revolutionary direct air carbon capture technology that thrives in cold climates. Our mission is to scale and deploy our novel technology to clean our atmosphere from humanity’s legacy CO2 emissions and accelerate global decarbonization. With both government and industrial financial backing, our team has been rapidly growing to accelerate the widespread implementation of our unique and impactful technology. The foundation of any successful mission into a new frontier is always the team members. This is your opportunity to join a mission to the future.
Interested in learning more about our company values and culture? Reach out to us at careers@TerraFixing.com for a copy of our Employee Handbook.
Purpose of the role
TerraFixing has demonstrated a small-scale novel gas separation & purification process and system for direct air capture of carbon dioxide. We are now scaling up the technology and preparing for a demonstration project. As a structured adsorbent bed engineer, you will be supporting product and technology development projects related to our proprietary structured sorbent. We see three different adsorbent bed engineer positions:
- Structured bed modeling and simulations engineer,
- Structured bed fabrication engineering, and
- Structured bed testing engineer.
Your overarching Responsibilities will be to:
- Develop processes to assemble adsorbents into structured packings.
- Develop processes to build monolith/structured beds from structured packings.
- Participate in defining tests for measuring performance and durability of adsorbent beds.
- Participate in analysis of test results from prototype adsorbent beds to pilot plants.
- Simulate performance of adsorbent beds of different geometries to select adsorbent loading, flow cross sectional area, pressure drop, heat transfer that optimizes the desired separation process.
Preferred Experience/Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of ceramic/zeolitic chemistries and techniques.
- Strong knowledge of the properties of adsorbents powders or very similar powders.
- Experience with coating and/or extrusion are preferred.
- Data analysis and presentation for decision making.
- Knowledge of design of experiments (DOE)
- Experience with intellectual property considerations is beneficial.
- Demonstrated flexibility and ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced environment.
- A strong sense of accountability and a desire to continually improve oneself.