We are scaling the chemistry that turns a base polymer into ion-exchange media from bench flasks to continuous production. The role involves taking functionalization recipes from gram scale to kilogram batches and lines.
This role will pay $90,000 - $110,000, benefits, and equity.
- Scale functionalization reactions from bench to kilogram batches and the mini-pilot: reagent concentration, temperature, residence time, bath age and pickup windows.
- Run designed experiments on capacity, conversion and uniformity; identify the variables that control each and the windows that hold at scale.
- Develop the post-reaction conversion, wash and dry steps: conversion kinetics, rinse-water quality, residual-reagent limits and drying profiles.
- Establish bath life, reagent make-up and recycle limits for continuous operation.
- Run bench and mini-pilot campaigns with the laboratory technicians and the analytical chemist; close reagent, water and waste balances.
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or chemical engineering
- Nice to have: Excel
- Nice to have: Python
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