Your mission
Be at the forefront of designing and scaling an innovative modular carbon removal technology that has the potential to revolutionize the industry. This role focuses on transitioning our process from TRL 4 to TRL 8 by designing and implementing our pilot plant and scaling it to a First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) facility, all while ensuring manufacturability, cost efficiency, and operational robustness.
Key Points:
* Pilot Design: Lead the design and implementation of a fully functional pilot plant within six months.
* Scaling to FOAK: Design a 100 t p.a. (First-of-a-Kind) plant, ensuring cost efficiency, manufacturability, and deployment robustness.
* Oversee process improvements, focusing on robustness and manufacturability.
* Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams, including material scientists and electrochemists, for system integration.
* Ensure compliance with safety regulations, industry standards, and environmental policies.
* Manage process documentation, including technical drawings, reports, and simulations.
* Work with external engineering firms and industry partners to achieve project milestones.
Your profile
Skills and Experience
* Master’s degree or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related field.
* 10+ years of professional experience in process engineering, with a focus on industrial-scale systems and electrochemical technologies.
* Expertise in process design, optimization, and scale-up, from bench to industrial scales.
* Proven track record in leading complex engineering projects.
* Strong understanding of electrochemical systems, industrial units, and regulatory standards.Workstyle and culture
* Fast learning and quick to grasp complex topics
* A team player with a hands-on mentality
* Authentic and reflective self
* self-Organizer and structures workstyle to keep focus and get things done
* Good listener and effective communicator in cross-sectional team
* Curious and open-mindedOther
* Valid Work Permit for Germany, or able to obtain a permit.
* Willingness to work on-site in our industrial co-working space and halls in Marzahn, Berlin.
Benefits
Perks
* Employee stock options
* Flexible working hours
* Regular team events
* Subsidized BVG ticket
* Laptop and your individual work set-up
* Development Budget
At Ucaneo we develop a pioneering Direct Air Capture technology mimicking the human lung to remove carbon dioxide from the air. Climate change is a global problem and needs to be tackled at scale. Therefore, we set the goal to capture 0.5 GT of CO2 from the air by 2035 - roughly the same weight as all humans on earth combined!
After the first promising results in the lab we continue to focus on our technology. If you want to join an ambitious team with lots of freedom and growth check out our career page and LinkedIn jobs. We are looking for talents in the area of chemical engineering, electrochemistry and mechanical engineering and cannot wait to meet you!