Senior Process Development Engineer

Job description

Who we are: We're transforming one of the world’s oldest industries with cutting-edge technology and an innovative approach. Backed by top-tier investors and recognized by Time as one of the "best Inventions of 2024" and Fast Company as one of 2024's "Next Big Things in Tech", Electra is scaling rapidly and we're looking for bold, driven individuals to help us reshape the future of iron production. If you're ready to make a real impact in a company that's redefining heavy industry for a cleaner, smarter world, we want to hear from you. What you will do: The Senior Process Development Engineer on the process engineering team will contribute to the design and testing of chemical and hydrometallurgical processes across a variety of scales, from bench-scale proof-of-concept to Electra’s iron-refining pilot plant. Responsibilities include: - Lead projects to study and scale up new processes at laboratory and pilot scale, including: designing new chemical processing systems, designing experiments to prove out novel concepts, and producing data to inform system scale-up - Designing new chemical process systems: developing mass and energy balances, drawing P&IDs, specifying equipment, and...