Senior Scientist Critical Metals

Boston Metal is commercializing cutting-edge extractive metallurgy technology that will revolutionize primary metals production by improving metal quality while decreasing cost and lowering environmental impact. This fast-paced startup company is looking for a Senior Scientist to join the team.

The Senior Scientist will collaborate with the R&D team on the laboratory-scale research programs as well as with the process, operations, and engineering teams for the development activities of full-scale industrial experiments.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead the development of electrometallurgical processes for new products using new feedstocks for our Critical Metals program
• Carry out thermodynamic and electrochemical calculations to support process development
• Track metrics such as conductivity, voltage, current efficiency, and specific energy consumption.
• Collaborate with process development, engineering, operations, and supply chain to keep a focus on scalability while optimizing process parameters.
• Conduct experiments and analyze data on existing high temperature electrochemical testing setup
• Regular presentation and communication of results within the technical team, to senior management, and company-wide.

Requirements

Strong theoretical background in electrochemistry with proven ability to perform data analysis and first-principles modeling, track record in novel electrochemical research, demonstrated ability to independently plan and implement research programs.

7+ years of experience with electrochemical research or metallurgy in a technical environment. MS/PhD from accredited university or college in one or more of the following areas: Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, process metallurgy or a closely related field.

• Demonstrated technical leadership experience
• Experience with experimental electrochemical cell setup and characterization
• Familiarity with chemical engineering principles (e.g., mass and energy balances, thermodynamics, transport phenomena)
• Experience developing a MATLAB or Python based data analysis pipeline, and using graphical plotting software for data analysis and visualization
• Experience in research and working with large datasets
• Materials or metallurgical research
• Experience with high-temperature setup/system
• Experience with thermodynamic modeling and calculations (FactSage preferred)
• Analysis Scripting in Matlab or Python
• Experience using Labview
• Materials characterization
• Portuguese language experience preferred
• Intermittent travel to our Brazil facility

Benefits

Additional Information:

We are people first with a comprehensive benefits package that can be customized to fit your needs. Our full benefits package offers health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid vacation, sick & holidays, health savings account with a company contribution, dependent care account plan, paid parental and bonding leave and a 401k with company matching provision.

You will be working in a small team environment where teamwork and good relationships with other team members is critical. We operate pilot plants and labs and many of our staff members are required to wear Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and you should be prepared to do so as well when necessary.

Boston Metal is an equal opportunity employer who considers all qualified applicants equally for employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, disability, ancestry, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.